Hello guys, i seriously need ur help. i am currently working on a web project but one thing i notice and is giving me problem is the posting of forms in the web. using the post method for the form isn't working until i use the get method which is not good for privacy like for password fields. what can i do, is the problem from the settings @ d server or what? i need ur replies.
Thanks

post your code (both front and back end) here so we can have a better understanding. When a blind man is guided by a blind man, what happens?

Yah post your Code

Hey guys, it's like you don't understand what i mean. i entered the code in the right way i should. infact when i used the GET method for the FORM. it all goes on well. But when it comes to using POST as the method for the FORM, it sends empty variables. we all know it is wrong to use the GET method for a password form. So, is the problem from the settings at the php.ini file? both on my web host and on my pc, it kept on repeating same result. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@tobsi

Listen to urself
"i entered the code in the right way i should"

why is it not working then
Why scared to paste the code here, no one will be able to help without seeing the code

e.g. with PHP, you might be trying to use $_GET['fieldname']
to retrieve the submission when $_GET only works with the get method
You will need to use $_POST['fieldname'] for a post method or $_REQUEST['fieldname'] to be on the safe side.

Thanks for the response. I used that exact code but it's still the same thing. both the $_REQUEST['fieldname'] and the $_POST['fieldname'] . but when i use $_GET['fieldname'] it works right. i am so confused
Please help

i guarantee u won't be confused after you post your code. So post it!!

post it or stay confused.

Or at least post the relevant portiosn of the code. Yes, we all know that GETappends any paramaters to the end of the URL, and POST does not. If POST is not working for you, you are obviously NOT doing something write.

ok, here is the sample of the code

<form method="post" action="standard_login.php">
Username:<input type="text" name="username">


Password:<input type="password" name="password">


<button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">


</form>

Now it still echos empty variables with the post method but goes well with theget method. what is ur suggestion?

tosbi,

1) this is the form's HTML code and not the PHP that processes this code. May we take a look at that as well?

2) This probably won't work but try replacing "button" with "input". Again, this might not work. Just thinking out loud

3) Don't forget to post your processing code.

standard_login.php

<?php
//get variables
$username=$_POST['username'];
$password=$_POST['password'];

//echo the variables to know if they are available
echo "$username";
echo "$password";

?>

that is it.

what can i say? it beats me. Off the top of my head, I would like u to do the following:

1) modify your processor code to say something like: echo "first name is: ". $username;

2) paste the URL of the site where this form resides.

I want to enter some values and see for myself what is going on if you don't mind (view source, etc). I would have said you should use "REQUEST_" but from abv it appears you have done that already.

In the event no one else can find what is wrong with your code, I will be waiting for that URL.

Your codes are perfect, just that i wont like you to form the habit of putting your variables in double quotes for no reason

Tosbi:


echo "$username";
echo "$password";

get used to doing it like this

my2cents:


1) modify your processor code to say something like: echo "first name is: ". $username;

i GUESS one of the reasons why we had to beg you to paste this code is because the codes you have there with you is much and you don't want to paste everything. fine, its ok

but check this out, maybe due to extensive copy and paste, you have nested a form tag within another like below

<form action="standard_login.php">

some codes here


<form method="post" action="standard_login.php">
Username:<input type="text" name="username">


Password:<input type="password" name="password">


<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">


</form>

the first one is used by the browser so look thru ur codes. if thats not the problem

Then someone else will help you out or you paste all the codes

webdezzi,

which is y I asked that he give us the URL to his site so we can analyze the source

tosbi:
I almost forgot, please, after you echo the variables, pls put an "exit;" statement so that the form doesn't get processed. At this point, I would like to know if the variables are getting passed at all in the first place. so your code would look like so:

"first name is: ". $username . " and last name is: " . $password;
exit;

we are still waiting.