Pieces of code appears on page

jigalong · 02-19-2013, 04:40 AM

Hi guys.
So, I'm just trying this tutorial on checkbox and whatever I check is supposed to appear on the check.php. However, it displays "; } } ?> instead. I've been trying to fix it but failed. I've checked that I saved it in .php.

Also, can anyone tell me what's ANSI? Because here, it says that I might need to save it as ANSI but I don't know how to do so because I can't find the option.

Here is my php file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Check</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if ($_POST['sub']){
$check = $_POST['check'];
foreach($check as $ch){
echo $ch."<br>";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

Thanks in advance!

Arcticwarrio · 02-19-2013, 01:14 PM

try this:

with check.php as the filename

enter this:

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Check</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if ($_GET['sub']){
    
$check = $_GET['check'];

foreach($check as $ch){
    
echo $ch."<br>";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

and browse to this and see what you get

PHP Code:


			
check.php?sub=5&check[1]=1&check[2]=test

and what is your form script from the previous page?

Arcticwarrio · 02-19-2013, 01:19 PM

also each field on you form needs to be named correctly

<input value="" name="check[]" type="text" />

not

<input value="" name="check" type="text" />

something like

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Check</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
    <input type="hidden" name="sub" value="true">
    <input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="Yes">  Yes<br>
    <input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="No">  No<br>
    <input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="Maybe">  Maybe<br>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
if ($_POST['sub']){
    
$check = $_POST['check'];

foreach($check as $ch){
    
echo $ch."<br>";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

Fou-Lu · 02-19-2013, 01:23 PM

This is considered an element in HTML: <?php if ($_POST['sub']){ $check = $_POST['check']; foreach($check as $ch){ echo $ch."<br> where the start and ends are < and >. If you view your source you'll see the entire code segment. The remaining is added to the output.
You are either accessing the file without using http:// protocol, or you don't have PHP installed and configured for your webserver. You haven't indicated that you've installed a webserver for this, so I'm leaning towards this being both of the above.

Arcticwarrio · 02-19-2013, 02:12 PM

lol, didn't think of that Fou-Lu

you can get a mini php server here for testing on

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html