3PHP

PHP Forms
& Global Variables
Lecture 3
2021-2022
Lecturer: Dezheen Hussein Abdulazeez
E-mail: [email protected]
Computer science Dept_UOD
23 April 2015
OUTLINES
 PHP Forms and User Input
 Get vs. Post
 Combining HTML and PHP code on a single page
 PHP Global Variables
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FORM
 It is used to collect data from the user.
 Example1: The example below displays a simple HTML form with

two input fields and a submit button.
Figure1: A simple HTML FORM

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A SIMPLE HTML FORM
Example1: Form Code
<html><body>
<form action="1Welcome.php" method="post">
<label for="Name">Name:</label>
<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name="name" /> </p>
<label for="Age">Age:</label>
<p> <input type="text" id="Age" name="age" /></p>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
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</body></html>
 In the example HTML page above when the user fills in this form and
click on the submit button, the form data is sent to the "1welcome.php"
file.
 The "1welcome.php" file looks like this:

<html><body>
<?php
echo "Welcome ". $_POST['name'].".<br >";
echo "You are ". $_POST['age'] ." years old.";
?>
</body></html>
 The output of the above script is:
Welcome Azad.
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You are 22 years old.
PHP FORMS AND USER INPUT
 There are two attributes to the <form> tag that you should be
aware of and use: action and method.
 Action sets the location of the page that will handle the
results of the form the place where the variables should be
sent.
 Method describes how the data should be submitted, and

you have two options: GET and POST.
 The PHP $_GET and $_POST variables are used to retrieve

information from forms, like user input.
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PHP $_GET
 The $_GET variable is used to collect values from a form with
method="get".
 Information sent from a form with the GET method is visible to

everyone.
 All variable names and values are displayed in the URL.
 It has limits on the amount of information to send.
 GET should NEVER be used for sending sensitive information like

passwords and credit card numbers.
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PHP $_POST
 The $_POST variable is used to collect values from a form with
method="post".
 Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to

others.
 All names/values are embedded within the body of the HTTP

request.
 It has no limits on the amount of information to send.
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RETRIEVE MULTIPLE VALUES WITH PHP
 when we working with SELECT elements. These elements make it
possible for the user to choose multiple items, like that
 <select name="products" multiple>

 the script that receives this data has access to only a single value
corresponding to this name. We can change this behaviour by
renaming an element of this kind so that its name ends with an
empty set of square brackets as we have in the below example.
 <select name="products[]" multiple>
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SELECT ELEMENT
 Example2: Select Element
<body>
<label for=" products "> Select some products:</:</label>
<p>
<select name= "products[]" multiple>
<option value= " Motherboard "> Motherboard</option>
<option value= "CD-ROM "> CD-ROM </option>
<option value= "Monitor "> Monitor </option>
<option value= "Keyboard"> Keyboard </option>
</select>
</p>
</body> 10
RETRIEVE SELECT VALUES WITH PHP
echo "<p> Your products are: <p>";

if(!empty($_POST[' products ']))
{
echo"<ul>";
foreach($_POST[' products '] as $value){
echo"<li>$value</li>";
}
echo"</ul>";
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}
CHECKBOX INPUT TYPE
 Example3: Checkbox Input Type
<body>
<label for="name">Client Side Web Programming </label>
<p>
<input type=" checkbox " name="WebProgram[]" value=“html">
HTML <br>
<input type=" checkbox " name="WebProgram[]" value =“php">
PHP <br>
<input type=" checkbox " name =" WebProgram[]" value =“css">
CSS <br> </p>
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</body>
RETRIEVE CHECKBOX VALUES WITH PHP
echo "<p> Client side Markup Language are : <br>";
if(!empty($_POST['WebProgram ']))
echo"<ul>";
foreach($_POST['WebProgram '] as $value){
echo"<li>$value</li>";
echo"</ul>";
}
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COMBINING HTML AND PHP CODE ON A SINGLE PAGE
Example4: HTML and PHP Code on a same page
<html><body>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
<p> <input type="text" id="name" name="name" /> </p>
<label for="Age">Age:</label>
<p> <input type="text" id="Age" name="age" /></p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
echo "Welcome ". $_POST['name'].".<br >";
echo "You are ". $_POST['age'] ." years old."; } 14
?></body></html>
OUTPUT
Figure2: Combining HTML and

PHP Code on a Single Page
 isset() function determines if a variable is set and is not NULL. 15

EXERCISE
E1: Write a PHP code to retrieve the datalist values?
Figure3: DataList 16
PHP GLOBAL VARIABLES - SUPERGLOBALS
 Several predefined variables in PHP are "superglobals", which
means that they are always accessible in all scopes and you
can access them from any function, class or file without having
to do anything special.
 The PHP superglobal variables are:
1. $GLOBALS
2. $_SERVER
3. $_REQUEST
4. $_POST
5. $_GET
6. $_FILES
7. $_COOKIE
8. $_SESSION 17
PHP $GLOBALS
 $GLOBALS is a PHP super global variable which is used to
access global variables from anywhere in the PHP script (also
from within functions or methods).
 PHP stores all global variables in an array called

$GLOBALS[index]. The index holds the name of the variable.
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PHP $GLOBALS
Example5: Super global variable $GLOBALS
<?php
$a=22;
$b=3;
function add() {
$GLOBALS[‘c']= $GLOBALS[‘a']+ $GLOBALS[‘b'];
} add();
echo $c;
?>
 c is a variable present within the $GLOBALS array, it is also 19

accessible from outside the function.
PHP $_SERVER
 $_SERVER is a PHP super global variable which holds
information about headers, paths, and script locations.
Element/Code Description
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] Returns the filename of the currently

executing script
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] Returns the name of the host server
$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] Returns the port being used on the

user's machine to communicate with
the web server
$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] Returns the request method used to
access the page (such as POST Or
GET)
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PHP $_SERVER
Example6: Super global variable $server
<?php
echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
echo "<br>";
echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
echo "<br>";
echo $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
echo "<br>";
echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
?>
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PHP $_REQUEST
 PHP $_REQUEST is used to collect data after submitting an
HTML form.
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PHP $_REQUEST
<html><body>
<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name=“fname" /> </p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" /> </form>
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// collect value of input field
$name = $_REQUEST['fname'];
if (empty($name)) {
echo "Name is empty";
} else {
echo $name;
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}}
?>
PHP $_POST
 PHP $_POST is widely used to collect form data after
submitting an HTML form with method="post". $_POST is also
widely used to pass variables.
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PHP $_POST
<html><body>
<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name=“fname" /> </p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" /> </form>
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// collect value of input field
$name = $_POST ['fname'];
if (empty($name)) {
echo "Name is empty";
} else {
echo $name;
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}}
?>
PHP $_GET
 PHP $_GET can also be used to collect form data after
submitting an HTML form with method="get".
 $_GET can also collect data sent in the URL.
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PHP $_GET
Example9: Assume we have an HTML page that contains a hyperlink with
parameters:
<html><body>
<a href="test_get.php?subject=PHP&web=Web Class">Test $GET</a>
</body> </html>
 When a user clicks on the link "Test $GET", the parameters "subject" and
"web" are sent to "test_get.php", and you can then access their values in
"test_get.php" with $_GET.
 The example below shows the code in "test_get.php":
 <html><body><?php
echo "Study " . $_GET['subject'] . " at " . $_GET['web']; 27
?></body></html

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PHP Forms

& Global Variables

Lecturer: Dezheen Hussein Abdulazeez

 Get vs. Post

 Combining HTML and PHP code on a single page

 PHP Global Variables

 Example1: The example below displays a simple HTML form with

Figure1: A simple HTML FORM

<form action="1Welcome.php" method="post">

<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name="name" /> </p>

<input type="submit" />

 The "1welcome.php" file looks like this:

 The output of the above script is:

 Method describes how the data should be submitted, and

 The PHP $_GET and $_POST variables are used to retrieve

 Information sent from a form with the GET method is visible to

 All variable names and values are displayed in the URL.

 It has limits on the amount of information to send.

 GET should NEVER be used for sending sensitive information like

 Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to

 All names/values are embedded within the body of the HTTP

 It has no limits on the amount of information to send.

 <select name="products" multiple>

 <select name="products[]" multiple>

echo "<p> Your products are: <p>";

foreach($_POST['WebProgram '] as $value){

Figure2: Combining HTML and

 isset() function determines if a variable is set and is not NULL. 15

 PHP stores all global variables in an array called

 c is a variable present within the $GLOBALS array, it is also 19

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] Returns the filename of the currently

$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] Returns the port being used on the

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">

<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name=“fname" /> </p>

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">

<p> <input type="text" id=“Name" name=“fname" /> </p>

 $_GET can also collect data sent in the URL.

<a href="test_get.php?subject=PHP&web=Web Class">Test $GET</a>

 The example below shows the code in "test_get.php":

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