[FX.php List] Newbie: Making a form

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Edward,

One thing I noticed...

Swap the order for the User Name and Password.  It's reversed.  The 
proper format is:
  	$Search->SetDBUserPass ($webPW, $webUN);

HTH,


Jonathan

At 1:20 PM -0400 7/29/06, Edward L. Ford wrote:
>OK, I used the following code, which does not appear to work:
>
>In make-entry.php:
><form name="form1" method="post" action="list.php">
>            <input type="hidden" name="ButtonPressed" value="New Continue">
>               <p>First Name
>              <input type="text" name="FirstName">
>            </p>
>            <p>
>              <label>Last Name
>              <input type="text" name="LastName">
>              </label>
>            </p>
>            <p>
>              <label>Submit
>              <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Continue">
>              </label>
>            </p>
>          </form>
>
>and in list.php, I have:
><?php
>if($_REQUEST['ButtonPressed']=='New Continue'){
>       include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 
>"bumo/cfa-mel/FX.php");                       
>    include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 
>"bumo/cfa-mel/server_data.php");              
>    $Search = new FX($serverIP, $webCompanionPort, $dataSourceType);
>    $Search->SetDBData($databaseFile, "Musicians_Web");
>    $Search->SetDBUserPass ($webUN, $webPW);
>
>    $Search->AddDBParam('FirstName', stripslashes($_REQUEST['FirstName']));
>    $Search->AddDBParam('LastName', stripslashes($_REQUEST['LastName']));
>    $ResultAll = $Search -> FMNew();
>}
>?>
>
>Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong?  I have nothing else in 
>list.php at the moment -- I just want the new record created before 
>I start doing other manipulations on the data.
>--Ed Ford
>
>AC wrote:
>>I'm no expert but this works for me;
>>
>>new.php
>><FORM id="FormNew" ACTION="list.php" METHOD=POST>
>>    <input type="hidden" name="ButtonPressed" value="New Continue">
>>    <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="Subject" VALUE="" SIZE=108>
>>    <INPUT TYPE=submit NAME="Submit" VALUE="Continue">
>></FORM>
>>
>>
>>list.php
>>if($_REQUEST['ButtonPressed']=='New Continue'){
>>    $Search = new FX($ServerIP,$WebPort);
>>    $Search->SetDBPassword($ThePwd,$TheLogin);
>>    $Search->SetDBData(<<DBName>>,<<LayoutName>>);
>>    $Search->AddDBParam('Subject', stripslashes($_REQUEST['Subject']));
>>    $ResultAll = $Search -> FMNew();
>>}
>>
>
>>
>>
>>On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Edward L. Ford wrote:
>>
>>>Greetings,
>>>
>>>I'm just getting started with using FX.php.  I've got the basics 
>>>of displaying records down, but I'm trying to figure out how to 
>>>get data from a user into the database.  How do I make an HTML 
>>>form interact with PHP?  For instance, if I have a form that has a 
>>>field for Last Name, how do I get the data from that field into a 
>>>PHP variable?  When I get it into a variable, I'm sure I can 
>>>handle the rest.
>>>
>>>An additional consideration in my situation is, can I have the 
>>>form on a strictly HTML page, and then have the PHP parsing take 
>>>place on another page /after/ the user clicks a submit button? 
>>>This would be a great help because of certain specific 
>>>circumstances of how I need to use this.
>>>
>>>Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>--Ed Ford
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