[FX.php List] Newbie: Making a form

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Huh.  Never knew about that function. Learn something new everyday. 
Sorry for the misdirection.

J


At 7:17 PM -0400 7/29/06, Edward L. Ford wrote:
>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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