A few days ago i had a problem similar to their and it was a problem with files with BOM signature... maybe its your case. Regards, Igor Escobar Systems Analyst & Interface Designer -- Personal Blog ~ blog.igorescobar.com Online Portifolio ~ www.igorescobar.com Twitter ~ @igorescobar On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Gary <gwpaul@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, working code. I'm sure there is some left over code that is not > actually working, but I have been playing frankenstein all day. Basically a > vistor fills in 3 (only two set so far) inputs to see if they qualify for a > rebate. If they do, they can go on to file two to submit their > information. > > This is my first project using $_cookie or $_session. I have done an > exercise or two in lessons using them, but this is my first attempt from > scratch. > > File1 of 2 > <?php > session_start(); > ?> > > <?php > $_SESSION=array('$sale_value', 'assess_value'); > > > $sale_value=$_POST['sale']; > $assess_value=$_POST['assess']; > > $mil_rate=.03965; > $ratio=.51; > > $present_tax=($assess_value) * ($mil_rate); > $correct_tax=($sale_value)*($ratio)*($mil_rate); > $savings=($present_tax)-($correct_tax); > > if ($savings > 0.00){ > echo '<h2 style="margin:0;color:#ff0000;">Yes, Your property appears to > qualify!</h2><br /><br />'; > } > if ($savings < 0.00){ > echo '<h3 style="margin:0;">NO, Your property does not appear to qualify. > </h3><br /><br />'; > } > echo 'According to the information you have entered<br />';?><br /> > <?php > echo "You believe your home would today sell for > $".number_format($sale_value)."<br />"; > echo "Your current tax assessment is $".number_format($assess_value)."<br > />"; > echo 'You live in <br /><br />'; > echo 'According to preliminary calculations<br /><br />'; > echo "You are currently paying now $".number_format($present_tax, 2)."<br > /><br />"; > echo "According to the information you have submitted, your taxes should be > $ ".number_format($correct_tax, 2)."<br />"; > ?> > <br/><?php > if ($savings > 0.00){ > echo "According to our preliminary calculations, a successful assessment > appeal could save you annually on your current real estate taxes. <b>$ > ".number_format($savings, 2)."</b> "; > } > if ($savings < 0.00){ > echo 'It does not appear that an appeal would be successful in saving you > money this year. If property values in your area continue to decline, you > may wish to revisit the issue next year.</h3><br /><br />'; > } > > $_SESSION['sale_value'] ='$sale_value'; > $_SESSION['assess_value'] ='$assess_value'; > > ?> > <p style="font-size:.8em; color:#666666;">If you feel you have entered > incorrect information, hit your browsers back button to re-calculate with > the new information</p><br /> > <p style="text-align:center; color:#FF0000; font-size:1.4em;"><b>Important > Notice!</b></p> > <p style="text-align:center; border:#990000 1px solid;">This <b>DOES > NOT</b> > constitute a legal opinion by !<br /> No information has been > submitted.</p> > <p>In order to proceed with an assessment appeal, you must contact my > office > that we may verify all pertinent information regarding your a real estate > assessment appeal case</p> > > <p> To submit this information to , please complete the following form.</p> > > <form action="sendresult.inc.php" method="post"> > First Name <input name="fname" type="text" /><br /><br /> > Last Name <input name="lname" type="text" /><br /><br /> > Property Street Address <input name="street" type="text" /> <br /><br /> > Town or City <input name="town" type="text" /><br/><br /> > Zip Code <input name="zip" type="text" /><br /><br /> > County <input name="county" type="text" /><br /><br /> > Phone Number <input name="phone" type="text" /><br /><br /> > E-Mail Address <input name="email" type="text" /><br /><br /> > <input name="$assess_value" type="hidden" value="$assess_value"> > <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"> > </form> > > File 2 > > <?php > > ?> > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> > <title>Untitled Document</title> > </head> > > <body> > <?php > $fname=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['fname']); > $lname=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['lname']); > $street=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['street']); > $town=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['town']); > $zip=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['zip']); > $county=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['county']); > $phone=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['phone']); > $email=STRIPSLASHES($_POST['email']); > $assess_value=$_COOKIE['assess_value']; > $sale_value=$_COOKIE['sale_value']; > > > echo "Thank you $fname for your submission!<br />"; > echo "You have submitted the following information.<br />"; > echo "Name:$fname $lname<br />"; > echo "Address:$street $town $zip<br />"; > echo "Phone Number: $phone<br />"; > echo "E-Mail Address: $email<br />"; > echo "You believe your home would sell for $"; echo > $_COOKIE['sale_cookie']; > ?><br /><?php > echo "Your assessment value is $"; echo $_COOKIE['assess_cookie'];?><br > /><?php > echo "You live in $county<br />"; > > > > > > ?> > </body> > </html> > > > > "Lists" <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:49F790ED.5040204@xxxxxxxxxx > > Andrew Hucks wrote: > >> $sale_value would have worked if it hadn't been in single quotes, I > >> believe. (Assuming it was populated.). > > > > Which it wasn't.. ;-) according to Gary's last post. He assigned it now > > with 'sale'.. however, I think it should rather be in double quotes > > ("sale") if he wants to get the posted value. > > > > echo $sale_value; > > > > now works because sale_value has been assigned a value. > > > > But: > > echo $_COOKIE['sale_cookie']; > > > > I would guess will still not work.. until landing on the > > next page, or reloading the first page. > > > > > > When you put it in quotes, you > >> were making the cookie's value a string instead of a variable. So, the > >> value would actually have literally been $sale_value, rather than the > >> value for that variable. It is working with $_POST['sale'] because > >> there are no single quotes. :-p. > > > > > > Gary, if you want to post your "working" code, we could probably > > tell you the "why's"... and it would also cater to my curiosity. ;-) > > > > Donovan > > > > > > -- > > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > D. BROOKE EUCA Design Center > > WebDNA Software Corp. > > WEB:> http://www.euca.us | http://www.webdna.us > > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > WebDNA: [** Square Bracket Utopia **] > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >