form not posting

[raphael75]

We have a Debian Linux server with Apache2. One page, feedback.php has a super-simple form:

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<form action="feedback.php" method="post">
    <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="compliment" value="compliment" /><label for="compliment">Compliment</label></div>
    <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="complaint" value="complaint" /><label for="complaint">Complaint</label></div>
    <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="general" value="general" /><label for="general">General</label></div>
    <br />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" class="begin_comments" value="Begin Comments" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <span class="error"></span>
</form>

This form posts back to itself, and handles it like this:


PHP Code:

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session_start();

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
if (isset($_POST['type'])) {
$_SESSION['type'] = $_POST['type'];
//echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
header('Location: form.php');
}
else {
$error = 'You must select a comment type to begin';
}
}



However, when form.php loads, $_POST, $_GET, or $_REQUEST are all empty arrays. What could cause this?

Thanks!

[kiash001]

Replace <input type="submit" name="submit" class="begin_comments" value="Begin Comments" /> into <button name="submit" class="begin_comments">Begin Comments</button>
I hope it will work!

[seandisanti]

it's because you're navigating to form.php by changing the header, not by submitting the form.

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<?php
    session_start();
    if ($_POST) { //form was posted
    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($_POST);
    }
    else { //not responding to form 
    echo '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="post">
        <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="compliment" value="compliment" /><label for="compliment">Compliment</label></div>
        <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="complaint" value="complaint" /><label for="complaint">Complaint</label></div>
        <div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="general" value="general" /><label for="general">General</label></div>
        <br />
        <input type="submit" name="submit" class="begin_comments" value="Begin Comments" />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <span class="error"></span>
    </form>';
    }