I'm have a PHP created HTML form that I want a user to be able to enter data into, then see it as the PHP/HTML will format it, then post it to an HTML file. I've been trying all day to find something similar on your site, but to no avail.
I am really new to PHP so I may not have done things the easy way. The code below outputs the proper data, but it does it without user concent. I'd like to have the user review what they typed prior to posting it to dates.htm.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Mike
code as follows:
<?php //-------------------------INITIALIZE VARIABLES $filename = 'dates.htm'; $handle = fopen($filename, "rb"); $old = fread($handle, filesize($filename)); fclose($handle); $date = $_REQUEST['date'] ; $title = $_REQUEST['title'] ; $desc = $_REQUEST['desc'] ; $place = $_REQUEST['place'] ; $cost = $_REQUEST['cost'] ; $info = $_REQUEST['info'] ;
//-------------------------DISPLAY FORM if (!isset($_REQUEST['date'])) { ?> <html> <head> <title>Add New Event</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <form method="get" action="calendar.php"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Event Date: </div></td> <td valign="top"> <div> <input type="text" name="date"></div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Event Title: </div></td> <td valign="top"> <div> <input type="text" name="title"></div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Event Description: </div></td> <td valign="top" colspan="2"> <div><textarea name="desc" rows="15" cols=50%> </textarea></div></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Location: </div></td> <td valign="top"> <div> <input type="text" name="place"></div></td> <td> </td> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Cost: </div></td> <td valign="top"> <div> <input type="text" name="cost"></div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="18%"> <div>Additional Information: </div></td> <td valign="top" colspan="2"> <div><textarea name="info" rows="6" cols=50%> </textarea></div></td></tr> </table> <input type="submit" value="Add New Event"> <input type="reset" value="Clear Form" name="reset"> </FORM> </body> </html> <? }
//CHECK FOR EMPTY FIELDS elseif (empty($date) || empty($desc)) { header( "Expires: Mon, 20 Dec 1998 01:00:00 GMT" ); header( "Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT" ); header( "Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate" ); header( "Pragma: no-cache" ); ?> <html> <head><title>Error</title></head> <body> <h1>Incomplete Form</h1> <p> The date and description of the event are required fields. Press your BACK button and try again.</p> </body> </html> <? }
//-----------------------------------PROCESS FORM elseif(!empty($date) || !empty($desc)) { //SET FORM VARIABLES $a = '<strong><font color="#666699" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">'; $b = '</font></strong></p><blockquote><p><font color="#666699" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><b>'; $c = '</b></strong></font></p><p><font color="#666699" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">'; $d = '</font></p><p><font color="#666699" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">'; $e = '<br></font><font color="#666699" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">'; $f = '</font></p></blockquote>';
//JOIN VARIABLES $all = array($a,$date,$b,$title,$c,$desc,$d,$place,$e,'Price: ',$cost,$d,'Additional Information: ',$info,$f); $new = implode($all); $array = array($new,$old); $joined = implode($array);
//CONFIRM ADDITION ?><html> <head> <title>Entry Verification</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <h1>Please check your new entry!</h1><p> Correct errors by hitting your BACK button.<p> <? echo $new; ?> <form method="post" action="calendar.php"> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
Put here this, it will passed to your next page:
<input type="hidden" name="new" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($new) ?>">
</FORM> </body> </html> <?
You are writing to your file right after displaying confirmation. You should have here:
} elseif(isset($_REQUEST['new'])) {
Don't forget to check for (non)existance of $_REQUEST['new'] where necessary.
//------------------------------------FILE ACCESS & WRITING //OPEN FILE if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w')) { echo "Cannot open file ($filename)"; exit; } //WRITE TO FILE if (fwrite($handle, $joined) === FALSE) { echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)"; exit; } echo "Success, wrote ($joined) to file ($filename)"; fclose($handle); } ?>
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