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Posted by Marek Kilimajer on 01/30/05 02:59
Mike Milligan wrote:
> 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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