[FX.php List] Which is faster?

Jonathan Schwartz jschwartz at exit445.com
Sat Sep 11 15:25:03 MDT 2010


Or seen both by using print_r([$_REQUEST)

Jonathan Schwartz
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On Sep 11, 2010, at 2:19 PM, "Leo R. Lundgren" <leo at finalresort.org> wrote:

> Which, to elaborate, is perfectly valid too (though not the right way to do it). You could've retrieved your values from $_GET instead of $_POST.
> 
> 
> 11 sep 2010 kl. 23.18 skrev Leo R. Lundgren:
> 
>> It's because it requrested the second page via GET rather than POST.
>> 
>> 11 sep 2010 kl. 23.17 skrev Bob Patin:
>> 
>>> The odd thing is that it would go to the 2nd page, but it just didn't submit anything.
>>> 
>>> I guess it was going because I told it the ACTION, and then it didn't know what method to use. You even asked if I had it set to POST, and I'd just looked at it!
>>> 
>>> Good way to waste an hour and your time too... 
>>> 
>>> Gotta go, have to go brush my tooth.
>>> 
>>> BP
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Gee. I've NEVER made that mistake. ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>> Exit 445 Group
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>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I finally found it... so stupid.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Instead of
>>>>> 
>>>>> method="post"
>>>>> 
>>>>> I had
>>>>> 
>>>>> metho="post"
>>>>> 
>>>>> Missed it for the last hour... this is how my days go by with not enough done... sigh...
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks guys,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bob
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do some systematic back-tracing. IE now that you've concluded that $_POST doesn't contain what you think it should, go one step back in the chain, which is the form submission.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You can use FireBug in Firefox to see what is being transmitted, and also investigate the actual form HTML to analyze what might be wrong.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 11 sep 2010 kl. 22.38 skrev Bob Patin:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ok, now I'm really frustrated...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I put this:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> <input name="recid" type="checkbox" class="bodyTxt" id="service" value="12345" />
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> in my form, and then on my 2nd page, put this:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> print_r($_POST);
>>>>>>> die;
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I checked 2 boxes...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> and I get
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Array ( ) 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What am I missing here...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Also, try adding a dummy checkbook input, entering hard coded Baku instead of variable. Then check the print_r
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>>>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>>>>>> 415-370-5011
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Looks ok. Take a look at the source code in your browser. Do to see values inserted for recid?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>>>>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>>>>>>> 415-370-5011
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Uh... yeah...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Here's my checkbox code; I suspect it's the issue:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> <input name="recid[<?php echo $recid; ?>]" type="checkbox" class="bodyTxt" id="service" value="<?php echo $recid; ?>" />
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Were there any boxes checked?  Checkboxes don't produce a post unless a value is checked. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Jonathan Schwartz
>>>>>>>>>>> Exit 445 Group
>>>>>>>>>>> 415-370-5011
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I got this:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Array ( )
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's it... :)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> BP
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Huh?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you paste it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11 sep 2010 kl. 22.15 skrev Bob Patin:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, I get back an array(), but I can't tell how many elements are in it...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure, I haven't used FX much at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start by doing this on the recieving side: print_r($_POST);die();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It should output the structure of the submitted data, so you can check whether the data is coming in correctly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11 sep 2010 kl. 21.57 skrev Bob Patin:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For some reason, I'm getting all records instead of the 3 that I've checked:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $_POST['recid'] is my checkbox...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $query =new FX($serverIP,$webCompanionPort);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $query->SetDBData($dbname_inv,'web');
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $query->SetDBPassword($wpw,$un);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $query->SetLogicalOR();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> // loop through the recid array and add the query
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if(isset($_POST['recid']) && is_array($_POST['recid'])) {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 	foreach($_POST['recid'] as $recid) {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 		$query->AddDBParam('recid', $recid);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 	}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $queryResult = $query->FMFind();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> echo $queryResult['foundCount'];
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where's my error? :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11 sep 2010 kl. 21.21 skrev Bob Patin:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Very cool. I was going to use this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <input type="checkbox" name="service<?php echo $counter; ?>">
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you do it this way, how are you going to know which posts to query the database for? All you have is a series of numbers not relating to the posts at all (assuming $counter is something that starts at 0 or something and is incremented for each record in page one).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but you're right, I could use the RECID instead, like this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <input type="checkbox" name="service[<?php echo $recid; ?>]">
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, and if for some reason you cannot use the recId in the query when doing a composite/multi one, then use your own primary key in the table (a unique integer ID field for example).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not familiar with is_array; I assume that it looks at $_POST['service'], which is an array, and the array will only contain elements that are non-empty, is that right? So the unchecked boxes won't build the array?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. See php.net/in_array ;)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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