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Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points
Posted by Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points

Code Challenge: Adding Search: Controller & View - Escaping Output (1 of 1)

Could really use a hand out there on this one. I added a 'value' attribute to the search input field, and tried to load the 'escaped' value back into the field, after the processing of the search result:

My Code:

$pageTitle = "Search";
$section = "search";
include(ROOT_PATH . "inc/header.php"); ?>

    <div class="section shirts search page">

        <div class="wrapper">

            <h1>Search</h1>

            <form method="get" action="./">
                <input type="text" name="s" value=""> ***this is where I assigned the input field a 'value' attribut***
                <input type="submit" value="Go">
            </form>

            <?php

                if ($search_term != "") {
                    if (!empty($products)) {
                        echo '<ul class="products">';
                        foreach ($products as $product) {
                            echo get_list_view_html($product);
                        }
                        echo '</ul>';
                        echo $search_term = htmlspecialcharacters(s.value); ***this is where I tried to reassign the entered parameter to the field***
                    } else {
                        echo '<p>No products were found matching that search term.</p>';
                    }
                }

            ?>

        </div>

1 Answer

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

This one is definitely a little tricky, but actually requires one line to be modified. I personally think this question should be re-worded a bit, also in this lesson the word Get is constantly replaced with the word Git in the transcripts. What do you think Randy Hoyt, could you take a look into both of those?

I'll help you on the path to your answer with a few hints.

You will only want to update this line (All other code besides this line does not change):

<input type="text" name="s">

You will begin by adding value:

<input type="text" name="s" value"">

One hint before I leave it up to you:

<input type="text" name="s" value"<?php if <!--FILL IN THE BLANK--> ?>">

Lastly, use htmlspecialchars and not htmlspecialcharacters as that does not exist. =)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php

Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points
Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points

I looked up the documentation (htmlspecialchars) via the link you included in the post, tried a piece of code, and...ZILCH! Really, I'm not sure "what" I am missing here...AND you're right: this challenge is definitely worded obscurely...

My Code:

<?php

require_once("inc/config.php");

$search_term = ""; if (isset($_GET["s"])) { $search_term = trim($_GET["s"]); if ($search_term != "") { require_once(ROOT_PATH . "inc/products.php"); $products = get_products_search($search_term); } }

$pageTitle = "Search"; $section = "search"; include(ROOT_PATH . "inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class="section shirts search page">

    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1>Search</h1>

        <form method="get" action="./">

              ******* This is where I tried to work my interpretation of the solution out*****
            <input type="text" name="s" value="<?php if (<?php $_GET != "") {
                echo (htmlspecialchars($_GET));
              }
            <input type="submit" value="Go">
        </form>

        <?php

            if ($search_term != "") {
                if (!empty($products)) {
                    echo '<ul class="products">';
                    foreach ($products as $product) {
                        echo get_list_view_html($product);
                    }
                    echo '</ul>';
                } else {
                    echo '<p>No products were found matching that search term.</p>';
                }
            }

        ?>

    </div>

</div>

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

Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points
Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points

UPDATED

Here's my -updated interpretation of the solution (snippet from Code Challenge): Still not right though...

        <h1>Search</h1>

        <form method="get" action="./">
            ****THIS IS THE CODE THAT I ATTEMPTED TO SUBMIT****
            <input type="text" name="s" value="<?php if(isset($_GET)) {
            echo htmlspecialchars($_GET); } ?>" >

            <input type="submit" value="Go">
        </form>
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

You are getting pretty close, but due to the wording, we'll give you a pass on this one =)

Check out the comment from the teacher at this link.

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/-escaping-output

and check here for the solution. https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/code-challange-escaping-output-review

Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points
Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points

Hey Ernest...,

You know what? I actually used the "$s" variable as a variation when trying to get this to work, for some reason, I must have had something else "not quite right"...LOL. Now. I tried the solution EXACTLY as it was written, and...HUH?? It still is not passing: Don't know WHAT's WRONG HERE???

The error echo'ed back from the Challenge: "To place text inside a text input field, you should give it a value attribute."

Here's my code:

  <h1>Search</h1>

        <form method="get" action="./">
    <input type="text" name="s" value="<?php if(isset($s)) {  echo htmlspecialchars($s) ;  } ?>">
            <input type="submit" value="Go">
        </form>

        <?php
Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

In the code above, replace the $s with $search_term.

Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points
Warren Johnson
Warren Johnson
6,870 Points

Hey Thanks Ernest! I figured it out about 2 hrs. ago! Thanks once again for getting me on the right track.