Form will not submit

[Killermud]

Hi im trying to have a form that will submit data into my database.

Unfortantly i try submitting the data and the if statement i use doesnt pick up that the button has been pressed.

PHP Code:

    <table>
        <tr><form action="" method="post">
        <td>
        Catergory Name
        </td>
        <td><input name="catname" id="catname" type="text">
        </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><input name="catadd" id="catadd" type="submit" value="Add new Catergory"></td>
        </tr></form>
        </table>
        <?
        }
        if(isset($_POST['catadd'])){
            
            $catname=$_POST['catname'];
            echo "worked";
            $sql="INSERT INTO forums forum_title='$catname' forum_type='1'";
            $result=mysql_query($sql);

I added 'echo "worked"' so that i could tell if its the if statement or the SQL statement but, i do not see 'worked' appear, which states its the if statement or the form. But i cannot figure where it goes wrong.

[Fumigator]

Add echo "<pre>".print_r($_POST,true)."</pre>"; to the very top of the script and see what that shows you.

[Leppy]

Remove the action="" in your <form>, just don't add it at all to see if it does anything different. If it still doesn't work add the following:

PHP Code:

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>"...

[Killermud]

ok Fumigator i did that and this is what came up.

Array
(
[forumtype] => 1
[forumsubmit] => Submit
)
i had to put it before my if statement because it would not do anything otherwise.

Leppy, even with that code it still doesnt work.

EDIT: Ok solved it, it was further up my code. It was inside another if statment and that seemed to cause a problem.