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bodis · 04-08-2011, 04:21 PM

Hi,

I am new to these forums and to php itself. I have recently started working on a php based website and stumbled on the following issue. This is most likely something very simple, however I am struggling to explain what is wrong in google search to get to the right solution.

The following code works fine except for 1 problem.

variables $row['t1name'] and row['t2name'] contain 3 words each. However the value of the field is assigned as the first word only. Nothing after 1st space is included.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Many Thanks
bodis

Code:

<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  echo "<form action='login.php' method='POST'>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value=" . $row['g_id'] . " readonly size='15'></td>";
  echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value=" . $row['t1name'] . " readonly size='15'></td>";
  echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value=" . $row['t2name'] . " readonly size='15'></td>";
  echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type ='submit' value ='Confirm game'></td>";
  echo "</form>";
  echo "</tr>";
}
?>

websonalized · 04-08-2011, 05:26 PM

Could you do a

Code:

echo "<pre>";
print_r($row);
echo "</pre>";

and copy and paste for us to see the data contained within the array?

bodis · 04-08-2011, 07:32 PM

Thanks for looking into this.

Thats what I get:

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [g_id] => 1
    [1] => 2011-03-22
    [date] => 2011-03-22
    [2] => 1
    [team1] => 1
    [3] => John Hanson A
    [t1name] => John Hanson A
    [4] => 9
    [t1pnts] => 9
    [5] => 2
    [team2] => 2
    [6] => JohnHanson B
    [t2name] => JohnHanson B
    [7] => 1
    [t2pnts] => 1
    [8] => 1
    [p1] => 1
    [9] => 3
    [p1p] => 3
    [10] => 3
    [p1w] => 3
    [11] => 2
    [p2] => 2
    [12] => 3
    [p2p] => 3
    [13] => 3
    [p2w] => 3
    [14] => 3
    [p3] => 3
    [15] => 3
    [p3p] => 3
    [16] => 3
    [p3w] => 3
    [17] => 6
    [p4] => 6
    [18] => 3
    [p4p] => 3
    [19] => 0
    [p4w] => 0
    [20] => 7
    [p5] => 7
    [21] => 3
    [p5p] => 3
    [22] => 0
    [p5w] => 0
    [23] => 8
    [p6] => 8
    [24] => 3
    [p6p] => 3
    [25] => 0
    [p6w] => 0
    [26] => 50
    [confirmed] => 50
)

Thanks

websonalized · 04-08-2011, 08:52 PM

in the form code, you are missing the quotes around the value attributes of each field, and it is recommended that you add htmlentities to prevent malicious code. See below:

<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "<form action='login.php' method='POST'>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . htmlentities($row['g_id']) . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . htmlentities($row['t1name']) . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . htmlentities($row['t2name']) . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type ='submit' value ='Confirm game'></td>";
echo "</form>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>

bodis · 04-09-2011, 03:33 AM

Thats done the trick

Thank you very much

y8games2012 · 05-16-2012, 11:42 PM

<?php
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "<form action='login.php' method='POST'>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . $row['g_id'] . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . $row['t1name'] . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type='text' name='gameid' value='" . $row['t2name'] . "' readonly size='15'></td>";
echo "<td align='center' valign='middle'><input type ='submit' value ='Confirm game'></td>";
echo "</form>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>

htmlentities() function is not necessary . Your only replace value=" . $row['t1name'] . " to value='" . $row['t1name'] . "' .