Incrementing a form submission counter
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Last Post: October 26, 2012 (RSS)
Hi all,
Probably something simple (or dumb)...
I’d like to be able to increment a variable that counts how many times a form’s submit button has been clicked, but I can’t seem to get the counter to increment past 1.
I’ve inserted this field into the form:
And then in the body, this code:
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Jerry Kornbluth
Probably something simple (or dumb)...
I’d like to be able to increment a variable that counts how many times a form’s submit button has been clicked, but I can’t seem to get the counter to increment past 1.
I’ve inserted this field into the form:
<input type="hidden" name="submit_count" value= "1" id="submit_count"/>And then in the body, this code:
<?php if (@$_REQUEST['submit_count'] == "1" ): ?>
<?php $submit_count++; ?>
<?PHP endif ?>
<br />This form has been submitted <?php echo $submit_count ?> times.<br />Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks,
Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Incrementing a form submission counter
Hi Jerry,
I've just done a test and this method seemed to work well:
The only problem with this method is that if the user refreshes the page then the count will be lost. You could look into storing the count integer in a session if this is a problem.
Thanks!
I've just done a test and this method seemed to work well:
// load viewer library
$libraryPath = 'cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php';
$dirsToCheck = array('C:/wamp/www/','','../','../../','../../../');
foreach ($dirsToCheck as $dir) { if (@include_once("$dir$libraryPath")) { break; }}
if (!function_exists('getRecords')) { die("Couldn't load viewer library, check filepath in sourcecode."); }
if(@isset($_REQUEST['submit_count'])){
$count = $_REQUEST['submit_count'] + 1;
}else{
$count = 0;
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="submit_count" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $count; ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="submit1" value="submitted" />
</form>
<p>You have submitted this form: <?php echo $count; ?> times!</p>The only problem with this method is that if the user refreshes the page then the count will be lost. You could look into storing the count integer in a session if this is a problem.
Thanks!
Greg Thomas
PHP Programmer - interactivetools.com
PHP Programmer - interactivetools.com
Re: [greg] Incrementing a form submission counter
Hi Greg,
Thanks for getting back on this.
For this particular situation page refreshing is not an issue since in this case it's only to manage some redundant information displays on the page.
It would be great to learn how to store the integer in a session for other uses and to inform other users.
Thanks,
Jerry Kornbluth
Thanks for getting back on this.
For this particular situation page refreshing is not an issue since in this case it's only to manage some redundant information displays on the page.
It would be great to learn how to store the integer in a session for other uses and to inform other users.
Thanks,
Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Incrementing a form submission counter
Hi Jerry,
I would use something like this:
The first if statement checks if the submit_count value has been set to a session, if not it creates it.
The second if statement checks if the form has been submitted and adds a 1 to the session submit_count variable if it has.
Thanks
I would use something like this:
<?php
// load viewer library
$libraryPath = 'cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php';
$dirsToCheck = array('C:/wamp/www/','','../','../../','../../../');
foreach ($dirsToCheck as $dir) { if (@include_once("$dir$libraryPath")) { break; }}
if (!function_exists('getRecords')) { die("Couldn't load viewer library, check filepath in sourcecode."); }
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['submit_count']) || empty($_SESSION['submit_count'])){
$_SESSION['submit_count'] = 0;
}
if(isset($_REQUEST['submit_count'])){
$_SESSION['submit_count'] = $_SESSION['submit_count'] + 1;
}
showme($_SESSION);
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="submit_count" type="hidden" value="submitted" />
<input type="submit" name="submit1" value="submitted" />
</form>
<p>You have submitted this form: <?php echo $_SESSION['submit_count']; ?> times!</p>The first if statement checks if the submit_count value has been set to a session, if not it creates it.
The second if statement checks if the form has been submitted and adds a 1 to the session submit_count variable if it has.
Thanks
Greg Thomas
PHP Programmer - interactivetools.com
PHP Programmer - interactivetools.com
Re: [greg] Incrementing a form submission counter
Thanks Greg,
Haven't played with the session yet, but the other works perfectly...
Jerry Kornbluth
Haven't played with the session yet, but the other works perfectly...
Jerry Kornbluth
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