Level 122
Didn't think anyone still wrote code like this? Is it a 10 year old legacy project?
When you handle the POST make sure you redirect and don't just return the view.
Aug 5, 2023
1
Level 20
PHP session is not displaying after a form submission?
why my session data is not showing after form submission when i reload the page then it's display me the session msg?
session file code
<div class="position-fixed fixed-bottom p-2" style="width: 400px; right: 2rem;">
<?php
if (isset($_SESSION['msg'])) : ?>
<h6 class="bg-primary shadow-card text-info p-2 rounded-2"><?php echo $_SESSION['msg']; ?></h6>
<?php
unset($_SESSION['msg']);
endif;
?>
</div>
using it in my header which is common to all pages
<?php
session_start();
require './partials/_session.php';
require './partials/_dbconnect.php';
?>
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-MrcW6ZMFYlzcLA8Nl+NtUVF0sA7MsXsP1UyJoMp4YLEuNSfAP+JcXn/tWtIaxVXM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<!-- Font Awesome -->
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!-- Google Fonts -->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />
<!-- MDB -->
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mdb-ui-kit/6.4.1/mdb.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
#ques {
min-height: 433px;
}
</style>
<title>Welcome to iDiscuss - Coding Forums</title>
</head>
<body>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="/about.php">About</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="/contact.php">Contact</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li>
<hr class="dropdown-divider">
</li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
<a href="/partials/_login.php" class="nav-link mx-2">Login</a>
<a href="/partials/_signup.php" class="nav-link mx-2">Signup</a>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
here is the page on which i want to display it ..
<?php
include './_header.php';
include '/php-projects/php-discussion-forum/controllers/UserSignupController.php';
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']?>" method="POST" class="card p-3">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Name</label>
<input name="name" type="text" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="form-label">Email address</label>
<input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail1" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
<div id="emailHelp" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input name="password" type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Confirm Password</label>
<input type="password" name="confirm_password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
<!-- footer included -->
<?php include './_footer.php'; ?>
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