Re: Re: incorrect value from form

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks for your response. Thanks also to Ted for posting that tutorial. The > tutorial was good, but I'm still having a hard time figuring out why the > $find variable doesn't have the value specified in the "value" tag. Because > it looks like the value tag in Ted's example works correctly! > > For example if I have this option selected: > > <option value = "a">I’m a regular customer</option> > > The contents of $find on the php page are "I'm a regular customer" and not > the value which should be "a". And that just strikes me as odd! > > And if I select option a the output on the web page is the following: > > This is what's in the $find variable: I’m a regular customer > > We do not know how this customer found us. > > I thought I enclosed both the orderform.html and processorder.php files in > the original email. But I guess I must not have attached one of them. > > Just so I don't screw that up again, here's the two files inline in the > email! :) > > Neither of them is that long, so I hope no one minds. > > <!doctype html> > > <html lang="en-us"> > > <head> > > <meta charset="utf-8"> > > <title>Order Form</title> > > </head> > > <body> > > <form action="processorder.php" method="post"> > > <table border="0"> > > <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> > > <td width="150">Item</td> > > <td width="15">Quantity</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Tires</td> > > <td align="center"> <input type="text" > name="tireqty" size="3" > maxlength="3" /></td> > > <tr> > > <td>Oil</td> > > <td align="center"><input type="text" > name="oilqty" size="3" > maxlength="3" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Spark Plugs</td> > > <td align="center"><input type="text" > name="sparkqty" size="3" > maxlength="3" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td colspan="2" align="center"><input > type="submit" > value="Submit Order" /></td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>How did you find Bob’s?</td> > > <td><select name="find"> > > <option value = "a">I’m a regular customer</option> > > <option value = "b">TV advertising</option> > > <option value = "c">Phone directory</option> > > <option value = "d">Word of mouth</option> > > </select> > > </td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > </form> > > </body> > And here is the processorder.php script: > > tml> > <head> > <title>Bob's Auto Parts - Order Results</title> > </head> > <body> > <h1>Bob's Auto Parts</h1> > <h2>Order Results</h2> > <?php > // create short variable names > $tireqty = $_POST['tireqty']; > $oilqty = $_POST['oilqty']; > $sparkqty = $_POST['sparkqty']; > $find = $_POST['find']; > > > echo '<p>Your order is as follows:</p>'; > if ($tireqty ==0) { > echo "You did not order anything on the previous page!<br />"; > } else { > if ($tireqty > 0) > echo $tireqty." tires<br />"; > if ($oilqty > 0) > echo $oilqty." bottles of oil<br />"; > if ($sparkqty > 0) > echo $sparkqty." spark plugs<br />"; > } > > echo "<br /><br />"; > > $totalqty = 0; > $totalqty = $tireqty + $oilqty + $sparkqty; > echo "Items ordered: " . $totalqty. "<br ./>"; > > define('TIREPRICE', 100); > define('OILPRICE', 10); > define('SPARKPRICE', 4); > > $totalamount = $tireqty * TIREPRICE > + $oilqty * OILPRICE > + $sparkqty * SPARKPRICE; > > echo "Subtotal: $".number_format($totalamount,2)."<br />"; > $taxrate = 0.10; > $totalamount = $totalamount * (1+ $taxrate); > echo "Total Including Tax: > $".number_format($totalamount, 2)."<br />"; > > /*echo "<p>this is the $_POST[find] variable: " . > var_dump($_POST['find']) > . "</p>"; > echo "<p>this is the \"find\" variable: " . var_dump($find) . > "</p>";*/ > > echo '<p>This is what\'s in the $find variable: ' . $find . > '</p>'; > > /*if ($find == "I’m a regular customer") { > echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>"; > } elseif ($find == "TV advertising") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by TV advert"; > } elseif ($find == "Phone directory") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by phone directory</p>"; > } elseif ($find == "Word of mouth") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by word of mount</p>"; > } else { > echo "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>"; > }*/ > > if ($find == "a") { > echo "<p>Regular customer.</p>"; > } elseif ($find == "b") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by TV advert"; > } elseif ($find == "c") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by phone directory</p>"; > } elseif ($find == "d") { > echo "<p>Customer referred by word of mount</p>"; > } else { > echo "<p>We do not know how this customer found us.</p>"; > } > > ?> > </body> > </html> > > Furthermore, the script I'm working with is actually hanging out on the > Internet right here: > > http://php.lyricgem.com/orderform.html > > That's in case you want to see it in action. That's just my hobby dev > instance on the amazon free tier! Notthing there needs to be secure that > isn't already protected by the firewall! > > Thanks and Merry Christmas to all! > Tim > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> > wrote: > > > The code as posted works just fine for me. Must be something you are not > > showing us that is affecting your html. Have you looked at the source > code > > in the browser window to see if it appears correctly? > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > GPG me!! > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > Try removing the spaces between value = "a" -> value="a". For some odd reason chrome translates that for me (on windows) to: <option value ="&nbsp;&quot;a&quot;">I’m a regular customer</option> Also insure that your files are all utf8 encoded.