Re: FN-FORUM: Stupid question

date posted 3rd October 2006 19:09

I demand that Pam [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:

> I was wrong it still doesn't work..

There are various assumptions being made here, such as: You're
querying $_POST but is the method in the form "POST" or "GET"? (I'm
not saying it is wrong, but *we* can't tell; all the advice so far
assumes it's right and apparently isn't helping.)

So you need to go back a stage. Is the data actually arriving, what
exactly are you getting and where?

My first suggestion is that, since you're using PHP, you should use
$_REQUEST instead of $_POST because $_REQUEST combines both $_POST and
$_GET (and $_COOKIE). That way you can be sure you're not missing any
data regardless the method of the form.

My second suggestion is that you resort to the old print variable
trick, because then you can try various options and see what results
you're actually getting, rather than making assumptions. Use this:

echo "" ;
var_dump($_REQUEST) ;
echo "" ;

I always try to work to the principle "Look, don't think" :-)

Kind regards

Steve

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was in the days of the 5.25in floppy disk. I was at a computer show in
the 1980s, working on the magazine's stand, and someone turned up
saying their disk didn't work. I asked if they had it with them, they
said yes, took the disk from their coat pocket, unfolded it...

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