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Chi Shen
Chi Shen

Reputation: 207

what wrong with my testing2.php

here is my php form code...

 <?php
// Start the session
session_start();
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="form1.css"/>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php

            // define variables and set to empty value
            $firstNameError = "";
            $lastNameError = "";
            $error = false;

            // if firstName is empty, make it NULL, else, test_input() the data.
            $firstName = empty($_POST["firstName"]) ? NULL : test_input($_POST["firstName"]);

            // if lastName is empty, make it NULL, else, test_input() the data.
            $lastName = empty($_POST["lastName"]) ? NULL : test_input($_POST["lastName"]);

            if (isset($_POST["submittingForm"])) {

                /// CHECK FIRST NAME ERRORS
                if ($firstName === NULL) {
                    // firstName is empty
                    $firstNameError = "First name is required!";
                    $error = true;

                } else {
                    // check characters
                    if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/", $firstName)) {
                        $firstNameError = "Only letters and white spaces allowed!";
                        $error = true;
                    }
                }

                /// CHECK LAST NAME ERRORS
                if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/", $lastName)) {
                    // check characters
                    $lastNameError = "Only letters and white spaces allowed!";
                    $error = true;
                }

                // if no error then redirect
                if (!$error) {
                    $_SESSION['fistName'] = $firstName;
                    $_SESSION['lastName'] = $lastName;
                    header('Location: testing2.php');
                    exit();
                }

            } else {
                // user did not submit form!
            }

            // clean input
            function test_input($data) {
                $data = trim($data);
                $data = stripslashes($data);
                $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
                return $data;
            }

        ?>
        <div id="wrapper">
            <h1>Welcome to Chollerton Tearoom! </h1>
            <form id="userdetail" method="POST">
                <fieldset id="aboutyou">
                    <legend id="legendauto">user information</legend>
                    <p>
                        <label for="firstName">First Name: </label>
                        <input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" value="<?php echo $firstName; ?>">
                        <span class="error">* <?php echo $firstNameError;?></span>

                        <label for="lastName">Last Name: </label>
                        <input type="text" name="lastName" id="lastName" value="<?php echo $lastName; ?>">
                        <span class="error">* <?php echo $lastNameError;?></span>
                    </p>
                    <p> 
                        <input type="submit" name="submittingForm" value="submit">
                    </p>
                </fieldset>
            </form>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

and so here is my testing2.php which get the data after submited...

    <?php 

session_start();

$firstName = $_SESSION['firstName'];
$lastName = $_SESSION['lastName'];


echo "<h1>Successfull submission :</h1>";
echo "<p>fitstName :  $firstName <p/>";
echo "<p>lastName :  $lastName <p/>";
?>

when the form is submited , Notice: Undefined index: firstName in F:\xampp\htdocs\en407b\assigment\testing2.php on line 5 is appear... i've tried to fix it but still cnt get it right... pls help me....

Upvotes: 1

Views: 37

Answers (3)

Siby Xavier
Siby Xavier

Reputation: 136

change like this 

    if (!$error) {
                $_SESSION['firstName'] = $firstName;//error here
                $_SESSION['lastName'] = $lastName;
                header('Location: testing2.php');
                exit();
            }

Upvotes: 1

Jenz
Jenz

Reputation: 8369

You have typo in your session name. You are assigning session to $_SESSION['fistName'] and trying to access it with $_SESSION['firstName'];

Upvotes: 0

larsAnders
larsAnders

Reputation: 3813

You have a simple typo - 

if (!$error) {
    $_SESSION['fistName'] = $firstName;

should be:

if (!$error) {
    $_SESSION['firstName'] = $firstName;

I'd also recommend giving your form an action:

<form id="userdetail" action="testing2.php" method="POST">

and then move all the form processing logic over into that file. That would eliminate the need for a header redirect.

Upvotes: 0

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