[FX.php List] Newbie: Making a form

[DC]

isn't a filemaker error be returned through FX.php when a required  
field is not filled in on an FMNew call?
did you check the output of FX and see this error or did you stumble  
on the answer by looking at the database layout?

dan

On Jul 30, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Edward L. Ford wrote:

> Silly me!  I wasn't familiar with all the fields in this particular  
> database.  Upon examining the fields in the database, I learned  
> that some of them are required.  I remade my trial, including data  
> for the 2 required fields, and it works as expected.
>
> Thanks for all of your help everyone!
> --Ed Ford
>
> AC wrote:
>> That should work.
>> See if you can pull data from the database, if you can then I  
>> assume the account / password doesn't have write access or the  
>> fields "FirstName" and "LastName" are not on the "Musicians_Web"  
>> layout.
>> If you can't pull data then verify that you have XML access  
>> enabled for the account / password with which you're connecting.
>>
>> If all that still doesn't work then download an example file from  
>> FMWebSchool at;
>> http://www.fmwebschool.com/resources.php
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2006, at 1:20 PM, 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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