The $_ POST Function Example
form1.html
<html>
<body>
/* form submitted using ‘post’
method, action specifies
next page which is to be
loaded when button is clicked*/
<form
action="welcome1.php" method="post">
// textbox is
to take user input
Name:
<input type="text" name="fname" />
Age:
<input type="text" name="age" />
// Submit button is
to submit the value to next page
<input
type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
welcome1.php
<html>
<body>
// $_GET to receive the data sent from form1.html
Welcome
<?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>.<br />
You
are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old!
</body>
</html>
OUTPUT of the
above given Example is as follows:
In this
example, when you click on the “submit” button, the values will not be displayed the query string
portion of the URL.
Another Example for PHP form
Another Example for PHP form
Form.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Process the HTML form
data with the POST
method</title>
</head>
<body>
/* form submitted using ‘post’ method, action specifies next page which
is to be loaded when button is clicked*/
<form name="myform"
action="process.php" method="POST">
//create an hidden textbox
<input type="hidden"
name="check_submit" value="1" />
// textbox is to take user input
Name:
<input type="text" name="Name" /><br />
Password:
<input type="password" name="Password"
maxlength="10"
/><br />
// Use
‘select’ tag to display the various options
Select
something from the list: <selectname="Seasons">
<option
value="Spring"
selected="selected">Spring</option>
<option
value="Summer">Summer</option>
<option
value="Autumn">Autumn</option>
<option
value="Winter">Winter</option>
</select><br
/><br />
Choose
one:
//This will create
radio buttons
<input
type="radio" name="Country" value="USA" /> USA
<input
type="radio" name="Country" value="Canada" />
Canada
<input
type="radio" name="Country" value="Other" />
Other
<br
/>
Choose
the colors:
//This will create
checkbox
<input
type="checkbox" name="Colors[]" value="green"
checked="checked"
/> Green
<input
type="checkbox" name="Colors[]" value="yellow"
/>
Yellow
<input
type="checkbox" name="Colors[]" value="red" />
Red
<input
type="checkbox" name="Colors[]" value="gray"
/>
Gray
<br
/>
// Submit button is to submit
the value to next page
<input
type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Process.php
<html>
<body>
<?php
if (array_key_exists('check_submit', $_POST)) {
/*Converts the new line characters (\n) in the text
area into HTML line breaks (the <br /> tag)*/
$_POST['Comments'] = nl2br($_POST['Comments']);
//Check whether a $_GET['Languages'] is set
if ( isset($_POST['Colors']) ) {
$_POST['Colors'] = implode(', ', $_POST['Colors']);
//Converts an array into a single string
}
//Let's now print out the received values in thebrowser
echo "Your name: {$_POST['Name']}<br />";
echo "Your password: {$_POST['Password']}<br />";
echo "Your favourite season: {$_POST['Seasons']}
<br/><br />";
echo "You are from: {$_POST['Country']}<br />";
echo "Colors you chose: {$_POST['Colors']}<br />";
}
else
{
echo "You can't see this page
without submitting the
form.";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
OUTPUT of the
above given Example is as follows:
Date() and time() function in PHP
- The PHP date() function formats a timestamp to a more readable date and time.
- A timestamp is a sequence of characters, denoting the date and/or time at which a certain event occurred.
- Some characters that are commonly used for date and time:
·
m - Represents
a month (01 to 12)
·
Y - Represents
a year (in four digits)
·
l (lowercase
'L') - Represents the day of the week
·
h - 12-hour
format of an hour with leading zeros (01 to 12)
·
i - Minutes
with leading zeros (00 to 59)
·
s - Seconds
with leading zeros (00 to 59)
·
a - Lowercase
Ante meridiem and Post meridiem (am or pm)
Example
<html>
<body>
<?php
// display the date in the format YYYY/MM/DD
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
// ‘l’ is used to display the day
echo "Today is " . date("l"). "<br>";
// display the time in the format HH:MM:SS
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
?>
</body>
</html>
OUTPUT of the
above given Example is as follows:
Today
is 2014/08/19
Today is Tuesday
Today is Tuesday
The
time is 12:23:22am
