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PHP

SOOJIN HA
SOOJIN HA
9,696 Points
Posted by SOOJIN HA
SOOJIN HA
9,696 Points

Changing $pageTitle when the "form" is submitted...

Hi,

I found that when I submit the form, the h1 tag ("suggest a media item") remains the same. So I tried to change it to "thank you!" making $pageTitle variable to vary based on the conditional statement. But it doesn't seem to work. Can someone help me to find what's wrong with the code?

Below is the code I worked.

<?php if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { $name = $_POST["name"]; $email = $_POST["email"]; $details = $_POST["details"]; $pageTitle = "Thank you!"; $section = null; //To Do: Send Email header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks"); } else { $pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item"; $section = "suggest"; } include("inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class="section page"> <div class="wrapper"> <h1><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></h1> <?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) && $_GET['status'] == "thanks") { echo "<p>Thanks for the email! I’ll check out your suggestion shortly!</p>"; } else { ?>

    <p>If you think there is something I&rsquo;m missing, let me know! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>
    <form method="post" action="suggest.php">
        <table>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Name</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="name" name="name" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="email">Email</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="email" name="email" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Suggest Item Details</label></th>
            <td><textarea name="details" id="details"></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <input type="submit" value="Send" />
    </form>
    <?php } ?>
</div>

</div> </div>

<?php include("inc/footer.php"); ?>

Matthew Brock
Matthew Brock
16,791 Points
Matthew Brock
Matthew Brock
16,791 Points

Making a bit easier to read

<?php 
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { 
  $name = $_POST["name"]; 
  $email = $_POST["email"]; 
  $details = $_POST["details"]; 
  $pageTitle = "Thank you!"; 
  $section = null; 
  //To Do: Send Email header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks"); 
} else { 
  $pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item"; 
  $section = "suggest"; 
} 

include("inc/header.php"); 
?>

<div class="wrapper">
  <h1><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></h1>
  <?php 
    if (isset($_GET["status"]) && $_GET['status'] == "thanks") {
      echo "<p>Thanks for the email! I&rsquo;ll check out your suggestion shortly!</p>";
    } else {
  ?>

      <p>If you think there is something I&rsquo;m missing, let me know! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>
      <form method="post" action="suggest.php">
        <table>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Name</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="name" name="name" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="email">Email</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="email" name="email" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Suggest Item Details</label></th>
            <td><textarea name="details" id="details"></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <input type="submit" value="Send" />
      </form>

  <?php 
  } 
  ?>
</div>

include("inc/footer.php"); ?>

1 Answer

Matthew Brock
Matthew Brock
16,791 Points
Matthew Brock
Matthew Brock
16,791 Points

when you do 

header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks");

this would reload the page so that there is no longer a "POST" associated with the page. you would have to add this to the top of the page

<?php 
  if (isset($_GET["status"]) && $_GET['status'] == "thanks") {
    $pageTitle =  "Thank you!";
  }
?>

And then in the else statement check to see if $pageTitle has already been set. Usually you would handle the code in that file and not use the header() function.