Section 4 - Working with HTML Forms

Thanks Sipho

Finished with this section.

Brilliant section to get you working, complete.

Finished the section and on to the next....

Hello everyone,

Thank you for the help! Got it working correctly!

Finally done with this section!

Regards

Felt like I wasn't really getting this section, so redid everything today.

Feeling a little more confident about forms.

Found this video on check boxes really helpful.

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Section 4 - Working with HTML Forms: Completed

Question:

In the text book Chapter 2, they make use of "sessions" . I would like to know if we should pay much attention to this ?

Finished the section and completed all exercises.

Hi shailen,

Good Question! I came across "sessions" within days of starting the course and haven't seen them since.
I think you should open a new topic "Chapter 2 Text book ". and ask the question again.

Regards C

I've completed this section.

Came across an error on php4p6.html. I copied the PHP code in my text editor exactly as it stands in the tutorial and got an error, and the problem here was that the "==" sign had a space in between, and should not be "= =" as it stands there. I think this is something that requires fixing in the tutorial.

See below:

Language: PHP
$username = $_POST['username'];
 
if ($username = = "letmein") {
print ("Welcome back, friend!");
}
else {
print ("You're not a member of this site");
}

Ha! Never copy code And if you do, expect errors.

shailen72991070 Wrote:
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> Section 4 - Working with HTML Forms: Completed
>
> Question:
>
> In the text book Chapter 2, they make use of
> "sessions" . I would like to know if we should pay
> much attention to this ?

A session prevents you from accessing other pages if you have not logged in. Of course, you can present a single page with no links, and after a login, redirect to another page that contains the menu. Or present all links but use a session to direct the user to the login page. Your choice. The portfolio leaves space for you to make use of sessions (advanced stuff that does not require a change in the db structure).

Lesson learned!!

A session() is exactly as MAC explained and it makes sure that a user can be remembered across different web pages. Its simply the time spent at a particular site. You can store values with sessions, and these values will be available to all pages on that particular site. However when you close your browser, the sessions will end.

Thanks for that heads up Mac and Sipho.

This section was probably the most understable of the lot, although chapter 5 of the textbook gave a really good break down. the form element
<form action=""xxxx.php "method= "post">
</form>
the input element: <input type="text" name="name"
to display name typed: <? echo $_post ['name']';
to submit INPUT: <input type= "submit" name= "submit" value = "submit">

Tex tbook is more informative that the TUT. in my view.