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willis0924
willis0924

Reputation: 67

php post method not functional

Can someone assist me with figuring out why my form isn't doing anything/not functioning. I am very new to programming so bear with me if you can. When the submit button is pressed nothing at happens. I want it to recall something based off of what is entered in the text field. (nothing in particular, just trying to experiement/learn.)

This is in my html file:

<form action="process.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="fname" valude="pdate"/>

this is in my process.php file:

$fdate = $_POST['fname'];

setcookie ("user", $fdate, time() +60*60*24*365);

if (isset($_COOKIE['user'])){
        var_dump ($_COOKIE);
}
else{
        header('fname:index.html');
}

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 118

Answers (2)

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360592

The PHP superglobals (_COOKIE, _FILES, _POST, _GET, _REQUEST) are set when the script is first started up, and then PHP never touches them again.

When you do your set cookie, that cookie will NOT magically appear in the $_COOKIE superglobal until the NEXT page request. It has to be round-tripped to the client first.

Upvotes: 2

DJafari
DJafari

Reputation: 13535

This code Worked For Me :

Test.php

< ?php
if( isset( $_POST['fname'] ) )
{
    setcookie ("user", $_POST['fname'], time() +60*60*24*365);
}

if( isset( $_COOKIE['user'] ) )
{
    echo 'COOKIE IS SET';
} else
{
    echo 'COOKIE NOT SET';
}
?> 
<form action="" method="post">
    <input type="text" name="fname" value="pdate" />
    <button type="submit">Go</button>
</form>

Upvotes: 0

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