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thezps · 08-13-2006, 07:31 PM

Hi, Im new to this list, and php in general. I am trying to set up a site that takes someone's address, lets them upload a picture, and then sends it to a MySQL database. If someone could offer some guidance on how to let users upload pictures, check to make sure its a picture file, rename it, and put it in a folder on my server in PHP I would be very grateful. I have a bigger problem right now though. Once someone hits 'submit' I send them to a page Im calling cleansubmit.php, which should fix the data, check that its clear, put it in the databases, and redirect the user to the main page. This is the code I've written for it so far.
<?php

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

trim($_POST['name']
trim($_POST['adline1']
trim($_POST['adline2']
trim($_POST['city']
trim($_POST['zip']

nl2br($_POST['message']

stripslashes($_POST['name']
stripslashes($_POST['adline1']
stripslashes($_POST['adline2']
stripslashes($_POST['city']
stripslashes($_POST['zip']
stripslashes($_POST['message']

$error="" ;

if (ctype_digity($_POST['zip']==FALSE {
$error = "don't make up zip codes!" ;
}

if ($error == "") {
echo "vfg" ;
}else{
echo "$error <P> Please hit the back button to try again."
}

php?>

Obviously I havent gotten around to adding all of the features I've described. Still, when I bring this page up I just get a blank screen. When I go to view source all I get is this

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
<BODY></BODY></HTML>

Why isnt the browser reading the php?

areamike · 08-14-2006, 02:08 PM

Do you have php installed and running? What type server, OS, Webserver?

paste this in notepad, then save as phpinfo.php (WITHOUT the .txt extension)

Code:

<?php
phpinfo()
?>

then upload to your root directory of your website, and point your browser to
http://www.yoursite.com/phpinfo.php
Substituting yoursite.com with your site's domain name or IP address...

if you still get a blank page, probabailty is that php is not installed or configured to run, or not running on your server or webhost. If this is a webhost, you may want to contact them.

Also, you do not close PHP scripts with
php?>
only
?>

thezps · 08-14-2006, 05:01 PM

php is definatly installed and working. Ive tried the phpinfo() thing a couple of times and done some hello worlds. It is my understanding that <? and <?php are both acceptable. I have updated the code a bit, fixed some obvious errors. Here is the new code...it still doesnt work

<html>
<body>

<?php

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

trim($_POST['name']);
trim($_POST['adline1']);
trim($_POST['adline2']);
trim($_POST['city']);
trim($_POST['zip']);

nl2br($_POST['message']);

stripslashes($_POST['name']);
stripslashes($_POST['adline1']);
stripslashes($_POST['adline2']);
stripslashes($_POST['city']);
stripslashes($_POST['zip']);
stripslashes($_POST['message']);

$error="" ;

if ($error == "") {
echo "Thank you for using Pigeon Post. A pigeon has been dispatched to your local post office." ;
}else{
echo "$error <P> Your card was NOT sent. Please hit the back button to try again." ;
}

$time=int mktime ( [int hour [, int minute [, int second [, int month [, int day [, int year [, int is_dst]]]]]]] )

$link=
mysqli_connect ('localhost','root','google','PigeonPost');

$insert="INSERT INTO main
(time, name, adline1, adline2, city, zip, message)
VALUES ('$time','$_POST[name]', '$_POST[adline1']','$_POST[adline2]','$_POST[city]','$_POST[zip]','$_POST[message]' )";
mysql_query($insert);

$insert="INSERT INTO records
(time, adline1, adline2, city, zip)
VALUES ('$time', '$_POST[adline1]','$_POST[adline2]','$_POST[city]','$_POST[zip]')";
mysql_query($insert);

mysqli_close($link);

$time="";

php?>
</body>
</html>

saidev · 08-17-2006, 03:19 AM

Like the last post said, close the script with ?> not php?> and yes, both <? and <?php works...most professionally done script I've see uses <?php

You say it still doesn't work? Is it still displaying as clear text?

Try do one step at a time, maybe get one of the POST and output it to the screen. Than move downwards on the code.

trim($text) does not change $text

PHP Code:


		
			
$trimedText = trim($text);

Same thing for stripslashes
How about this

PHP Code:


		
			
$name = trim(stripslashes($_POST['name']));

Not sure about your server setting, but I see that you should use addslashes() instead of stripslashes if you are inserting those values into the db.

$error will always = ""; not sure what you are checking for...

PHP Code:


		
			
$error="" ;



if ($error == "") {

echo "Thank you for using Pigeon Post. A pigeon has been dispatched to your local post office." ;

}else{

echo "$error <P> Your card was NOT sent. Please hit the back button to try again." ;

}

calling mktime()? where is the int hour, int minute and other variables coming from? If you just want the current timestamp, just do $time = mktime();

To upload image or files to the server, you must...
do
[HTML]
<form action="whatever.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="imgfile">
<input type='submit' value="upload">
</form>
[/HTML]

PHP Code:


		
			
//now the data...

$_FILES['imgfile'][]; //a 2d array can allow you access the files now

Check out the link below for the $_FILES description...since I'm not allow to post url yet(still under 15 post), copy and past the link below
us3.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php#features.file-upload.post-method

Hope this help.