Re: Re: posting information from a textarea

hmm..interesting. Neither the motto or desc is showing up in the array. I made a simple form and the echo 'post vars: ' . print_r($_POST, true) . '<br/>'; works fine. I'm just perplexed on why the motto is still working and not the desc. Maybe it's because I'm using a fieldset, but then why wouldn't just one not work? On 7/6/06, Chris <dmagick@gmail.com> wrote:

Dave W wrote: I'll show you all the steps it passes through. Here's the form: <form action="proc.php" method="post">

            <fieldset>
                <label for="Motto">Motto:</label>
                <input class="text" type="text" size="25" name="motto"

value="<?php if($form->value("motto") == ""){ echo $session->nationinfo['motto']; }else{ echo $form->value("motto"); } ?>" />

                <label for="desc">Nation Description:</label>
                <textarea name="desc" cols="50" rows="5"><?php

if($form->value("desc") == ""){ echo $session->nationinfo['desc']; }else{ echo $form->value("desc"); } ?></textarea> <input type="submit" value=" Edit Nation " />

         </fieldset>

</form> It's echoing the nationinfo right, but its not posting it. The motto also works too. When it's submitted, it goes through the function procEditNation(). $session->editNation($_POST['motto'], $_POST['desc']); The editNation function: function editNation($motto, $desc){

      global $database, $form;

      if($motto){
         $field = "motto";
         $motto = htmlspecialchars($motto);
         $database->updateNationField($this->username,"motto",$motto);

         }

      if($desc){
         $field = "desc";
         $desc = htmlspecialchars($desc);
         $database->updateNationField($this->username,"desc",$desc);

      }

      return true;

} Then finally the updateNationField function: function updateNationField($username, $field, $value){

      $q = "UPDATE nations SET ".$field." = '$value' WHERE username =

'$username'";

      return mysql_query($q, $this->connection);

} I just don't know what's wrong since it's posting the motto (which is just a text-type input) and not the description (which is a textarea). I echo'd out the mysql queries and excuted them myself from what echo'd out and it's selecting the desc column just fine. That definitely all looks fine. If you do: echo 'post vars: ' . print_r($_POST, true) . '<br/>'; does it show up in post at all? -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/

-- Dave W