Viewing form results ???????

[cat101]

I am very new to PHP and am learning to update my knowledge. I cannot see the answer to my problem anywhere so am beginning to think i am really thick. I have created a form on a website and have the coresponding PHP file to go with it. When the form is submitted i receive the reply that I should from PHP. But how the hell do i view the results/data from the form. I have the relevant $_POST parts in and have even managed to send the results to my e-mail. but this is not good for checkboxes or radio functions. When someone fills in my form and presses submit, what do i do to see what they have put.....step by step please as i am totally confused by this one aspect.

Thanks muchly

[sypher]

You want to see what exactly? The result of your data?

[cat101]

Exactly....i guess this must sound stupid but i don't know what to open, or click or upload???

e.g if some one puts their name in a field and checks a checkbox and then presses submit, how will i know they have pressed submit and where do i get their submission results from???

[sypher]

Well basically this is how it works.
Each input has a name and a value, sometimes that value can be set by you (example a checkbox or a hidden input field). But most of the time the value is something the user inputs (such as a text box)

Ok now lets do our form named form.php

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<form method="post" action="form.php">
Favourite colour?<input type="text" name="fav_colour" /><br />
Favourite food?<input type="text" name="fav_food" /><br />
Do you like dogs?<input type="checkbox" name="likedogs" value="yes" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="submit" />
</form>

So theres our form with 4 form inputs. As you can see the action of the form is itself, this will be explained.

Open up your form for editing and above your form code type:

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<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$colour = $_POST['fav_colour'];
$food = $_POST['fav_food'];
$likedogs = $_POST['likedogs'];

print "Your favourite colour is <b>$colour</b>. Your favourite food is <b>$food</b>.<br />";
if ($likedogs == NULL) {
}
else {
print "And you do like dogs!";
}
}
else {
?>
<form method="post" action="form.php">
 Favourite colour?<input type="text" name="fav_colour"><br />
 Favourite food?<input type="text" name="fav_food"><br />
 Do you like dogs?<input type="checkbox" name="likedogs" value="yes"><br />
 <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="submit">
 </form>
<?php 
}
?>

Basically the first thing php does it check if submit has been clicked. If so it handles the form information by retrieving the values that the user has entered.
I put each of these values as a variable so i can use them however i wish later on.
I then print the variables (as these variables hold our information) into a small statement.

I then see if the tickbox has been ticked or not (remember the value of the checkbox is yes. If it isnt ticked there is no value.
So i ask if the value is equal to NULL do nothing. Else print the statement.
The last else statement is the second part of the first ever if statement asking if the form has been submitted. It hasnt so i then show the form.

This is just an example, you can do whatever you want with the information.
Hope this helps you.