[FX.php List] Newbie: Making a form

Edward L. Ford elford at cs.bu.edu
Sat Jul 29 17:17:44 MDT 2006


Actually, that much is correct.  The SetDBPassword function has its 
parameters as PW, UN, but SetDBUserPass is actually UN, PW.  I'm using 
that exact line in my other php pages to get the data without a problem.

Any other suggestions?
--Ed Ford

Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
> 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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