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possible to create a form using php code like this?

Answer 1

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What is not going to work is the echo $firstname thing - PHP in strings won't be interpreted when echoed. You will have to insert that dynamically after $firstname has been defined.

Pekka 2009-11-15 22:35:00

Answer 2

+1 A:

You have several improperly balanced quotes in your HTML output. Specifically in your onclick attribute. Fixing those should take care of the problem.

You'll also need to construct your PHP strings differently, since strings in single quotes are considered literal values and will not be expanded by the processor.

jheddings 2009-11-15 22:35:15

Answer 3

A:

<input type="submit"> Don't need to have an onclick, it will submit the form when you click on it.

Marius 2009-11-15 22:36:08

Answer 4

+2 A:

Yikes, I don't know where to start. You've got a lot of syntax errors... Try this:

<html>
    <body>
    <?php
    $ok_button ='<input type="submit" value="approve!" />';
    $form = '<form name="myForm" action="myPhp.php">'
        . '<input type="hidden" name="firstname" value="'. $firstname . '">'
        . $ok_button
        . '</form>';
    ?>
    !!!ALOT OF CONTENT HERE!!!
    <?php echo $form; ?>
    </body>
</html>

There's no need to rely on javascript to post the form... just throw the submit button inside the <form>.

p.s. Please use lowercased tags and attributes... uppercase is so 1995.

brianreavis 2009-11-15 22:36:39

I think the main problem in the script was the misplaced quotes... The button can exist outside the form, but this approach is much easier to follow. +1

jheddings 2009-11-15 22:41:33

please read my update also and help me out!

Camran 2009-11-15 22:45:30

Sorry, not getting your question. Not to be an ass or anything, but based on your other questions on SO, I'm thinking it might be a good idea for you to just play around with it for awhile and google around... before impulsively employing everyone here.

brianreavis 2009-11-15 22:50:34

Answer 5

A:

Your OK button does not seem to be inside the form.

Try this:

   $form="<form name='myForm' action='myPhp.php'><input type='hidden' name='firstname' value='<?php echo $firstname;?>'><input type='submit' OnClick='document.forms['myForm'].submit();' value='approve!'/></form>;"

Vincent Ramdhanie 2009-11-15 22:36:50

Answer 6

+1 A:

It is possible to create a form like that using php. BUT it's not recommended at all. You have errors in your quoting of things that come from trying ot output html like that with php.

But if you must output the form like that try this. I corrected the quote errors.

<HTML>
<BODY>
<?php

$ok_button="<input type=\"submit\" OnClick=\"document.forms['myForm'].submit();\" value=\"approve!\">";
echo $ok_button;
$form="<form name=\"myForm\" action=\"myPhp.php\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"firstname\" value=\"<?php echo $firstname;?>\"></form>";
?>


<?php echo $form;?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Galen 2009-11-15 22:38:16

Eeek, just wrap in single quotes to get away from all that escaping. Also: `value=\"<?php echo $firstname;?>\"` needs to be fixed...

brianreavis 2009-11-15 22:40:05

Then you have issues with the javascript '. Either way i just fixed his code quickly so it would work. I would NEVER do it this way myself.

Galen 2009-11-15 23:15:42

Answer 7

+1 A:

Assuming you're using PHP5, we can clean this up a lot

<?php

$ok_button="<input type='submit' OnClick='document.forms[\'myForm\'].submit();' value='approve!'>"

$form = <<<TEMPLATE
    <form name='myForm' action='myPhp.php'>
        <input type='hidden' name='firstname' value='{$firstname}'>
    </form>
TEMPLATE;

echo <<<TEMPLATE
<HTML>
    <BODY>            

        !!!ALOT OF CONTENT HERE!!!

        {$form}
        {$ok_button}

    </BODY>
</HTML>
TEMPLATE;

?>

Zurahn 2009-11-15 22:46:59

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