problems posting twice to same page using PHP_SELF... is this possible?

Question

hey everyone,

im having a problem with php yet again... i've created a page with multiple forms on it and when i test it i've learnt that the first form is processed (with the ongoing, complete and reject) values but then i cant seem to process the 2nd form the same way. what could be the matter?

any help would be appreciated... happy new year to all the users of the site!

   <? 

    if (array_key_exists('complete',$_POST)) {
                echo "Sucess!";
                exit;
                };

    ?>

            <?php   

    $days = range (01, 31);
    $months = range (1, 12);
    $y1 = date("Y")-2;
    $y2 = date("Y");
    $years = range ($y1, $y2);

    if (array_key_exists('caseStatus',$_POST)) {
                    $case = $_POST['case'];

    if ($case == 'complete')
    { 
    echo 'Please set the date on which the case was <b>completed</b>.<p>';
    echo "<form action='" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "' method='post'>"; 
    echo '<select name="completeDay">';
    foreach (range(1, 31) as $day) {
        echo '<option value="'.sprintf("%02d", $day).'">'.sprintf("%02d", $day).'</option>';
    }   echo '</select>';
    echo '<select name="completeMon">';
    foreach (range(1, 12) as $month) {
        echo '<option value="'.sprintf("%02d", $month).'">'.sprintf("%02d", $month).'</option>';
    }   echo '</select>';
    echo '<select name="completeYr">';
    foreach ($years as $value) {
        echo '<option value="'.$value.'">'.$value.'</option>';
    }   echo '</select>
    <p>
    <input type="hidden" name="complete" value="1"/> 
    <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Save"/> 
    <input type="button" value="Cancel" onclick="window.location=\'\'"/>
    </form>
    '; 
    exit;
    } 
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?id=' . intval($client_id); ?>">
    <select name="case" class="rta">
      <option value="<?php echo $row_caseStatus['progress']; ?>" selected="selected"><?php echo $row_caseStatus['progress']; ?></option>
      <option value=""></option>
      <option value="ongoing">ongoing</option>
      <option value="complete">complete</option>
      <option value="reject">reject</option>
      </select>
    <input type="submit" name="caseStatus" id="caseStatus" value="Save" />
                                    <input type="hidden" name="caseStatus" value="1"/> 
    <br />
  </form>

Answer 1

Its hard to know exactly whats going wrong without more detail.

do you actually see the 2nd form or the word "sucess"?

Answer 2

It's hard to tell what the problem is without more information. Can you post the outputted HTML? Are you sure it's not a problem with the other variables you are passing to the method attribute?

In fact, could it be that when you are doing intval($client_id) you are in fact trying to change a string or other non-integer into an integer?

Also, just as a note, if you are adhering to strict XHTML, you should set your form's method attribute to 'post' instead of 'POST'.

Answer 3

<?php

    if (array_key_exists('complete',$_POST)) {
                echo "Sucess!";
                exit;
                };

    ?>

a simple error... just needed to edit the opening php tag!