I currently make my first Wordpress website using Java script snippets for a countdown that refreshes itself constantly and allows me to click a button once every 6 hours. So I managed that the time refreshes itself but I need one permanent variable that tells me if I already clicked the button or not (since it should work wether I refresh the page, go to another side or even log in with another user).
Basically I just want one variable that changes between 0 and 1.
I implemented a hidden input field and it works just fine as long as I stay on the side (refreshing the side works as well) but as soon as I change the page it sets the variable back. I tried to implement a global variable in the function.php of my theme (and a function as well) but it still doesn't work.
I tried it like this:
global $x;
echo $x;
And this:
function displayX() {
global $x;
$x = "0";
echo $x;
}
The thing is I don't want to set a value because the variable needs to be changeable any time.
That's my current html:
<input type="text" id="id1" value="<?php echo $x; ?>" <="" input="">
But it just doesn't work.
My second approach was to make the input field permanent (but updateable) - again this approach works as long as I don't change the side.
I tried it like this:
<span id="00">
<input type="text" id="id1">
</span>
Can anybody please help me? Also please specifiy where I have to set the global variable since there are so many function.php files.
THANK YOU!
Easiest way to do that is using of update_option and get_option.
update_option is for save data to database that will be permanent.
get_option is for fetching data from database.
<form method="post">
<input type="text" name="permanent" id="permanent" value="<?php echo get_option('permanent_data'); ?>"/>
<input type="submit" name="save" value="submit"/>
</form>
You can catch form data in backend using an action like this:
in functions.php
add_action('init','save_permanent');
function save_permanent(){
if(isset($_POST['save'])){
update_option('permanent_data', $_POST['permanent']);
}
}
Below code checks that if form is submitted:
if(isset($_POST['save'])){
update_option('permanent_data', $_POST['permanent']);
}
If form submitted it gets value of input text that named permanent
Mentioned code permanent the data in database as name of permanent_data
If you want to fetch stored data you just call get_option(option name) like this:
<?php echo get_option('permanent_data'); ?>
For first question you can do it in such way:
in functions.php
<?php
if(if(isset($_POST['save']))){
update_option('already_clicked', '1');
}
And for fetch stored data you can use:
<?php
if(get_option('already_clicked') == '1'){
//do somthing
}
?>
I was wondering if it would be possible to have a php file grab data from a html page with an input box, so that the user enters a word, and the php runs using that word in the script once the user hits enter. Any help would be appreciated.
Use a form with the method attribute set to ‘get’ or ‘post’ like this:
<form method=“post”>
<input type=“text” name=“test” value=“test” />
<button type=“submit”>submit</button>
</form>
Then on the same php page, use this to get the result, store it in a variable and output it:
<?php
$result = $_POST[‘test’];
echo $result;
?>
More information:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Forms/Your_first_HTML_form
Hope the formatting in this answer is ok, typed it out on my mobile phone.
I have 2 forms for a shopping cart. When they go back I would like the input fields to be filled with info they originally put in before submitting.
1st uses basic form fields to submit billing and shipping info.
2nd is used for CC info. What I would like to do is in that second form have a BACK BTN that will populate all the fields from the first form with the data they entered.
I have a PHP variable $response with an array returning values, but I don't believe they are all included. It brings back a token from PayPal. I think that might be purposely for security reasons. Perhaps I can store them locally in some JS variables?
I tried the below with no results:
<input name="BILLTOFIRSTNAME" id="billtofirstname_id" value="<?php echo $response['BILLTOFIRSTNAME'];?>"/>
use this in your first page -
session_start();
$data = array("input1"=>"value1","input2"=>"value2");
// store any data in this array
$_SESSION['data'] = $data;
Now if user returns to this page -
if(isset($_SESSION['data'])){
// check if data is available
$value1 = $_SESSION['data']['input1'];
}
else{
$value1 = '';
}
In your input's html add this -
<input name="input1" value="<?php echo $value1?>" />
Here you can use local storage variable
<button onclick="store()" type="button">first form submit</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
function store(){
var billtofirstname_id= document.getElementById("billtofirstname_id");
localStorage.setItem("billtofirstname_id", billtofirstname_id.value);
}
</script>
<button onclick="back()" type="button"> Second form back button</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
function back(){
document.getElementById('Id').value=localStorage.getItem("billtofirstname_id");
}
</script>
I think that this problem occurs often on a web application development. But I'll try to explain in details my problem.
I'd like to know how to correct this behavior, for example, when I have a block of code like this :
<?
if (isset($_POST['name'])) {
... operation on database, like to insert $_POST['name'] in a table ...
echo "Operation Done";
die();
}
?>
<form action='page.php' method='post' name="myForm">
<input type="text" maxlength="50" name="name" class="input400" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" />
</form>
When the form gets submitted, the data get inserted into the database, and the message Operation Done is produced. Then, if I refreshed the page, the data would get inserted into the database again.
How this problem can be avoided? Any suggestion will be appreciated :)
Don't show the response after your create action; redirect to another page after the action completes instead. If someone refreshes, they're refreshing the GET requested page you redirected to.
// submit
// set success flash message (you are using a framework, right?)
header('Location: /path/to/record');
exit;
Set a random number in a session when the form is displayed, and also put that number in a hidden field. If the posted number and the session number match, delete the session, run the query; if they don't, redisplay the form, and generate a new session number. This is the basic idea of XSRF tokens, you can read more about them, and their uses for security here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery
Here is an example:
<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_POST['formid']) && isset($_SESSION['formid']) && $_POST["formid"] == $_SESSION["formid"])
{
$_SESSION["formid"] = '';
echo 'Process form';
}
else
{
$_SESSION["formid"] = md5(rand(0,10000000));
?>
<form action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]); ?>" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="formid" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SESSION["formid"]); ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
<?php } ?>
I ran into a similar problem. I need to show the user the result of the POST. I don't want to use sessions and I don't want to redirect with the result in the URL (it's kinda secure, I don't want it accidentally bookmarked). I found a pretty simple solution that should work for the cases mentioned in other answers.
On successfully submitting the form, include this bit of Javascript on the page:
<script>history.pushState({}, "", "")</script>
It pushes the current URL onto the history stack. Since this is a new item in history, refreshing won't re-POST.
UPDATE: This doesn't work in Safari. It's a known bug. But since it was originally reported in 2017, it may not be fixed soon. I've tried a few things (replaceState, etc), but haven't found a workaround in Safari. Here are some pertinent links regarding the issue:
Safari send POST request when refresh after pushState/replaceState
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202963
https://github.com/aurelia/history-browser/issues/34
Like this:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['uniqid']) AND $_POST['uniqid'] == $_SESSION['uniqid']){
// can't submit again
}
else{
// submit!
$_SESSION['uniqid'] = $_POST['uniqid'];
}
?>
<form action="page.php" method="post" name="myForm">
<input type="hidden" name="uniqid" value="<?php echo uniqid();?>" />
<!-- the rest of the fields here -->
</form>
I think it is simpler,
page.php
<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_POST['name'])) {
... operation on database, like to insert $_POST['name'] in a table ...
$_SESSION["message"]="Operation Done";
header("Location:page.php");
exit;
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<div style='some styles'>
<?php
//message here
echo $_SESSION["message"];
?>
</div>
<form action='page.php' method='post'>
<!--elements-->
</form>
</body>
</html>
So, for what I needed this is what works.
Based on all of the above solutions this allows me to go from a form to another form, and to the n^ form , all the while preventing the same exact data from being "saved" over and over when a page is refreshed (and the post data from before lingers onto the new page).
Thanks to those who posted their solution which quickly led me to my own.
<?php
//Check if there was a post
if ($_POST) {
//Assuming there was a post, was it identical as the last time?
if (isset($_SESSION['pastData']) AND $_SESSION['pastData'] != $_POST) {
//No, Save
} else {
//Yes, Don't save
}
} else {
//Save
}
//Set the session to the most current post.
$_session['pastData'] = $_POST;
?>
We work on web apps where we design number of php forms. It is heck to write another page to get the data and submit it for each and every form. To avoid re-submission, in every table we created a 'random_check' field which is marked as 'Unique'.
On page loading generate a random value and store it in a text field (which is obviously hidden).
On SUBMIT save this random text value in 'random_check' field in your table. In case of re-submission query will through error because it can't insert the duplicate value.
After that you can display the error like
if ( !$result ) {
die( '<script>alertify.alert("Error while saving data OR you are resubmitting the form.");</script>' );
}
No need to redirect...
replace die(); with
isset(! $_POST['name']);
, setting the isset to isset not equal to $_POST['name'], so when you refresh it, it would not add anymore to your database, unless you click the submit button again.
<?
if (isset($_POST['name'])) {
... operation on database, like to insert $_POST['name'] in a table ...
echo "Operation Done";
isset(! $_POST['name']);
}
?>
<form action='page.php' method='post' name="myForm">
<input type="text" maxlength="50" name="name" class="input400" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" />
</form>
This happen because of simply on refresh it will submit your request again.
So the idea to solve this issue by cure its root of cause.
I mean we can set up one session variable inside the form and check it when update.
if($_SESSION["csrf_token"] == $_POST['csrf_token'] )
{
// submit data
}
//inside from
$_SESSION["csrf_token"] = md5(rand(0,10000000)).time();
<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="
htmlspecialchars($_SESSION["csrf_token"]);">
I think following is the better way to avoid resubmit or refresh the page.
$sample = $_POST['submit'];
if ($sample == "true")
{
//do it your code here
$sample = "false";
}
I'm making a simple todo list: http://jsbin.com/pemeqeni/1/edit?html,output
I want to be able to email myself the list, and I'm wondering how to do this with PHP specifically. I thought about scraping the HTML with DOMdocument, but I think that will only get the content from the static HTML page, which will never have list items. My other idea is to dynamically create a bunch of hidden input fields in the emailForm and dynamically delete them just as I do with the list items. Are there any other options? What's the standard protocol for something like this?
Something like this should work for getting all list elements.
<script>
function getEachListElement() {
var testList = document.getElementsByClassName("todoBody");
for (var i = 0; i < testList.length; i++) {
document.writeln(testList[i].innerHTML);
}
}
</script>
Try it out by changing your form action to this
<form name="emailForm" method="GET" action="JavaScript:getEachListElement()">
Then you can just create a string that you pass to PHP to email to yourself.
Have you tried the php mail function?
ie
<?
mail( $email, $subject , $text );
?>
Instead of get I would use post then set up a php script you call where you put your values(strings) into variables using $_post and use the mail function to mail those variables(strings).
just to be more clear your html would look like this
<form name="emailForm" method="POST" action="getContent.php">
<input type="text" name="email" value="email"><input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
Your getContent.php would then look like this
<?
$myemail = "myemail#tada.com";
$email = $_POST["email"];
mail ($myemail, 'The shiz you wanted', $email);
?>