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**runnerjp** · 05-14-2008, 11:33 AM

ok something not right is happening lol... when i run <? $user = $_GET['username'];
echo $user;?>
on its own it displays the users name on url

BUT when i do this

PHP Code:

<?php session_start();?>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="padding: 2px">
<?php

// If submitted
if($_POST['submit']) {

// Verify if the fields were filled.
if(!$_POST['message']) {
echo 'Error, You need to post a Message!';
die;
}

// Date format

$date = date("d/m/y"); // http://www.php.net/date

// Assign variables of the forms
// Connect to the database
include('../../settings.php');
$id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$username = get_username($id);
$user = $_GET['username'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// Insert the info in the shoutbox table.
$query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (`user`, username, message, date, ip)
VALUES ('$user','$username','$message','$date','$ip')"or die(mysql_error());
mysql_query($query);
// close connection

// Show message to let them return to the shoutbox
?>
<div align="center">Thank you for submitting.<br>
Return to the <a href="shoutbox.php">shoutbox</a>!
<?php
// If NOT submitted
} else {

$query = "SELECT * FROM shoutbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10";
$result = mysql_query($query);
// Create a table
?>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

<?
// Run a While loop for the rows
while($c = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<tr>
<td>
<? echo $c[username] ?> says:
<div align="justify"><? echo $c[message] ?></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>on <? echo $c[date] ?>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1" style="border-style: dashed" color="#000000" /></td></tr>
<? } ?>

</table>

<form method="post" action="box.php">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Message :</td>
<td><input type="text" name="message" class="forms"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Speak!" class="subtmit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

<?php } ?>

</body>
</html>

it does not display the username within the url :S even if i echo $user... strange

**tripy** · 05-14-2008, 11:45 AM

HTML Code:

<form method="post" action="box.php">

and

PHP Code:


			
$user = $_GET['username'];

are bound to not work...

Try a

PHP Code:


			
$user = $_POST['username'];

instead...

**runnerjp** · 05-14-2008, 11:50 AM

sorry i hould explain that

PHP Code:


			
<? $_GET['username']; ?>

should get the username from the url...

PHP Code:


			
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ members/index.php?page=profile&username=$1

just like this script

PHP Code:


			
$id = $_SESSION['user_id']; 
$username = get_username($id);

gets the username of the perosn logged in which works fine

**runnerjp** · 05-14-2008, 03:04 PM

ok above if($_POST['submit']) i can crap the name via $_GET['username'] but anything below then i cannot echo it...how comes??

PHP Code:


			
<?php 
$user = isset($_GET['username'])? $_GET['username'] : ""; 
//echo $user; this displays the user name but anything below it does not
if($_POST['submit']) {

// Verify if the fields were filled.
if(!$_POST['message']) {
echo 'Error, You need to post a Message!';
die;
}

// Date format

$date = date("d/m/y"); // http://www.php.net/date

// Assign variables of the forms
// Connect to the database

include('../settings.php');

$id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$username = get_username($id);
$message = $_POST['message'];
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
 
 



// Insert the info in the shoutbox table.
$query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (`user`, username, message, date, ip)
VALUES ('$user','$username','$message','$date','$ip')";
  $result= mysql_query($query)
    or die("QUERY ERROR:<br />{$query}<br />" . mysql_error() );
mysql_query($query);
// close connection


// Show message to let them return to the shoutbox
?>

**runnerjp** · 05-14-2008, 06:17 PM

ok i tried it and it will not display the user name at al i dont get whats going on so for 1 last attempt lol im going to fully expalin whats going on

ok above if($_POST['submit']) i can grab the name via $_GET['username'] but anything below then i cannot echo it...how comes??
PHP Code:

get username gets the name of the profile form the url due to this

PHP Code:


			
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ members/index.php?page=profile&username=$1

PHP Code:


			
<?php session_start(); 
 
 
 
?>
<?php 
$user = isset($_GET['username'])? $_GET['username'] : ""; 
//echo $user; this displays the user name but anything below it does not
if($_POST['submit']) {
 
// Verify if the fields were filled.
if(!$_POST['message']) {
echo 'Error, You need to post a Message!';
die;
}
 
// Date format
 
$date = date("d/m/y"); // http://www.php.net/date
 
// Assign variables of the forms
// Connect to the database
 
include('../settings.php');
$user1 = $_POST['usersaccount'];
$id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$username = get_username($id);
$message = $_POST['message'];
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
 
 
 
 
 
// Insert the info in the shoutbox table.
$query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (`user`, username, message, date, ip)
VALUES ('$user1','$username','$message','$date','$ip')";
mysql_query($query);
// close connection
 
 
// Show message to let them return to the shoutbox
?>
<div align="center">Thank you for submitting.<br>
Return to the <a href="shoutbox.php">shoutbox</a>!
<?php
// If NOT submitted
} else {
 
 
 
 
$query = "SELECT * FROM shoutbox ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 3";
$result = mysql_query($query);
// Create a table
?>
 
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 
<?
// Run a While loop for the rows
while($c = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<tr>
<td>
<? echo $c[username] ?> says:
<div align="justify"><? echo $c[message] ?></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>on <? echo $c[date] ?>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1" style="border-style: dashed" color="#000000" /></td></tr>
<? } ?>
 
</table>
 
<form method="post" action="box.php"> 
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Message :</td>
<td><input type="text" name="message" class="forms"><input type="hidden" id="usersaccount" name="usersaccount" value="<?php $user ;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Speak!" class="subtmit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
 
<?php } ?>
 
</body>
</html>

is it because i need to do somethingwith action="box.php" .... this page is actually box.php itself so allits really doing is sending it back to this page....

the page i have included this script on has the name in the url... if i went to just mywebsite.com/box.php it would look like that so i included it on http://www.mywebsite.com/username i thought i best tell you all this as it might be very improtant lol

**runnerjp** · 05-15-2008, 05:08 AM

btw i have tried

PHP Code:


			
<form method="post" action="box.php?$user="<?php echo $_GET['username']; ?>>

but user is not echo'd