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Ela Elwertowska
1,183 PointsEmpty field - getting value from user - and returning it to user
Problem: After making conversion "kg-pounds" in php according to Alena's tutorial, I wanted to enhance it by making some interaction with any user using <input> field from the chapter about posting emails. My first try:
<?php
$kilogram = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST,"kilogram",FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
$pounds=$kilogram/0.45359237;
echo $pounds pounds;
?>
<input type="text" id="kilogram" name="kilogram" value="<?php if (isset($kilogram)) { echo $kilogram; } ?>" />
resulted in nothing...
Generally speaking, Is it possible to do it in php? or should I try it with the help of Javascript language?
3 Answers
Matthew Bilz
15,829 PointsHi there,
Your calculations are indeed working, but you just need to fix that line of code that echoes it out.
PHP can absolutely handle just about any math or calculations you can give it, as long as any integers stay within bounds.
What you're probably getting under the hood is: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'pounds' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'
To fix this, you just need to concatenate correctly:
echo $pounds . " pounds";
Did that help at all?
Ela Elwertowska
1,183 PointsWell, a little bit. Still... I wonder maybe PHP needs some trigger... perhaps reloading page... I put some value inside box... made F5 for reloading page and... well, I got something.... 0 pounds next to the empty box... It's a progress... but far to expected results
Matthew Bilz
15,829 PointsAh, you would need to add a Submit button - I assumed there was one there. Then you would just have the form action refer to itself:
<form method='post' action=''>
<input type="text" id="kilogram" name="kilogram" value="<?php if (isset($kilogram)) { echo $kilogram; } ?>" />
<input type='submit' value='Submit'>
Then when you hit the submit button, your PHP code will run and have a value associated with $kilogram because that's what will be submitted by the form. Right now, there's simply no value associated with $kilogram because the only way to assign a value to it is to POST one from the form via a SUBMIT button.
Try that and see, let me know!
Ela Elwertowska
1,183 PointsThat's exactly what I needed. Thanks Matthew.
Matthew Bilz
15,829 PointsMy pleasure!! I'm glad it worked!