php wont post my html form

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Html:

<form method="post" action="create.php">
Job #: <input type="text" name="jobnum">
<br>
Program: <input type="text" name="program"><br />
Ship Date: <input type="text" name="shipdate"><br />
Description: <input type="text" style="height:100px; width:85%" name="description"><br /><br />
Proto Verified By: <input type="text" name="name"><br /><br />
Additional Notes: <input type="text" style="height:100px; width:85%" name="notes"><br />
<input type="submit" name="value" value="submit" />
</form>

php:

$savedata = $_REQUEST['savedata'];
if ($savedata == 1){

$data = $_POST['jobnum']  . "\r\n";
$data .= $_POST['program']  . "\r\n";
$data .= $_POST['description']  . "\r\n";
$data .= $_POST['name'] . "\r\n";
$data .= $_POST['notes']  . "\r\n";

$file = "YOURDATAFILE.txt"; 

$fp = fopen($file, "a") or die("Couldn't open $file for writing!");
fwrite($fp, $data) or die("Couldn't write values to file!"); 

fclose($fp); 
echo "Your Form has been Submitted!";

}

I am not sure why my php will not post my form. My submit goes the the php page but it is completely blank. I am kind of new to code so I may need some detailed response...

Is the page blank? If so, you have errors and need to turn on error reporting to see them. — John Conde
– John Conde, Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 19:29
if the page is blank, write an else t if($savedata == 1) with an echo and look if it echoes your text. if so, you know that $savedata is not 1! — SaschaP
– SaschaP, Commented Jan 30, 2014 at 19:33

Krish R · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30 19:31:39Z

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Try this, You have not passed or posted with name of savedata, from form submit button, i have used as below

if(isset($_POST['value'])){

instead of

$savedata = $_REQUEST['savedata'];
if ($savedata == 1){

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 19:31

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Ben Jarosz Over a year ago

I did this and now its showing: Couldn't open YOURDATAFILE.txt for writing!

Ben Jarosz Over a year ago

do I need to have an empty .txt for it to open?

Krish R Over a year ago

fopen($file, "w+") can you add and try this! make sure your YOURDATAFILE.txt file have necessary write permissions

Ben Jarosz Over a year ago

it gave me the same result

Krish R Over a year ago

Can you check the file path of the file.

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Daniel Ness · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30 19:30:44Z

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You need to add a hidden form field setting savedata to 1 so that your if statement will complete:

<input name="savedata" value="1" type="hidden" />

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 19:30

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War10ck Over a year ago

A possible solution. Still probably better however, to modify the PHP as the above answers suggest rather than adding more data to travel across the wire. Anyway +1

aksu · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30 19:32:13Z

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There's no savedata named field in the form. So i suggest that you use submit button's name to check if form is submitted. And isset() for checking value in php.

$savedata = $_REQUEST['value'];
if (isset($savedata)){
   ...

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 19:32

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user3252599 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-30 19:45:56Z

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There is no savedata element defined in the form.

I would also suggest you to be consistent in your code, get all elements with $_POST or $_REQUEST. Also, assign value to the name attribute of the form.

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 19:45

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