Re: Re: posting information from a textarea

[Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave W wrote:
> I'll show you all the steps it passes through.
> Here's the form:
>
>  <form action="proc.php" method="post">
>             <fieldset>
>                 <label for="Motto">Motto:</label>
>                 <input class="text" type="text" size="25" name="motto" 
> value="<?php if($form->value("motto") == ""){
>    echo $session->nationinfo['motto'];
> }else{
>    echo $form->value("motto");
> } ?>" />
>                 <label for="desc">Nation Description:</label>
>                 <textarea name="desc" cols="50" rows="5"><?php
> if($form->value("desc") == ""){
>    echo $session->nationinfo['desc'];
> }else{
>    echo $form->value("desc");
> }
> ?></textarea>
> <input type="submit" value=" Edit Nation " />
>          </fieldset>
> </form>
>
> It's echoing the nationinfo right, but its not posting it. The motto 
> also works too. When it's submitted, it goes through the function 
> procEditNation().
>
> $session->editNation($_POST['motto'], $_POST['desc']);
>
> The editNation function:
>
>    function editNation($motto, $desc){
>       global $database, $form;
>      
>       if($motto){
>          $field = "motto";
>          $motto = htmlspecialchars($motto);
>          $database->updateNationField($this->username,"motto",$motto);
>         
>          }
>      
>       if($desc){
>          $field = "desc";
>          $desc = htmlspecialchars($desc);
>          $database->updateNationField($this->username,"desc",$desc);
>         
>              
>       }
>      
>       return true;
>    }
>
> Then finally the updateNationField function:
>
>    function updateNationField($username, $field, $value){
>       $q = "UPDATE nations SET ".$field." = '$value' WHERE username = 
> '$username'";
>       return mysql_query($q, $this->connection);
>    }
>
> I just don't know what's wrong since it's posting the motto (which is 
> just a text-type input) and not the description (which is a textarea). I 
> echo'd out the mysql queries and excuted them myself from what echo'd 
> out and it's selecting the desc column just fine.

That definitely all looks fine.

If you do:

echo 'post vars: ' . print_r($_POST, true) . '<br/>';

does it show up in post at all?

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