If isset $_POST

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I have a form on one page that submits to another page. There, it checks if the input mail is filled. If so then do something and if it is not filled, do something else. I don't understand why it always says that it is set, even if I send an empty form. What is missing or wrong?

step2.php:

<form name="new user" method="post" action="step2_check.php"> 
    <input type="text" name="mail"/> <br />
    <input type="password" name="password"/><br />
    <input type="submit"  value="continue"/>
</form>

step2_check.php:

if (isset($_POST["mail"])) {
    echo "Yes, mail is set";    
} else {    
    echo "N0, mail is not set";
}

Answers

Most form inputs are always set, even if not filled up, so you must check for the emptiness too.

Since !empty() is already checks for both, you can use this:

if (!empty($_POST["mail"])) {
    echo "Yes, mail is set";    
} else {  
    echo "No, mail is not set";
}

Thursday, August 18, 2022

stbamb-a9eca2f57696

If the variable you are checking would be in the global scope you could do:

array_key_exists('v', $GLOBALS)

Thursday, October 6, 2022

shafeeq_mohammed-665cba06cf38

You need to give your submit <input> a name or it won't be available using $_POST['submit']:

<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" /></p>

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

reg0711-2f801043eb32

isset determine if a variable is set and is not NULL. $_POST will always be set and will always be an array.

Without isset you are just testing if the value is truthy. An empty array (which $_POST will be if you aren't posting any data) will not be truthy.

Monday, December 19, 2022

headless_0ne

String characters can be referenced by their offset using syntax like $a[0] for the first character, e.g.

$string = 'Hello';
echo $string[1];  // echoes 'e'

so PHP is recognising that $a is a string; casting your 'b' to a numeric (which casts to a 0), and trying to test isset on $a[0], which is the first character a

Though it should also throw an illegal offset 'b' warning if you have errors enabled

EDIT

$a = 'a';
echo isset($a['b']), PHP_EOL;
echo $a['b'];

PHP 5.3

1
a

PHP 5.4

Warning: Illegal string offset 'b' in /Projects/test/a10.php on line 6
a

PHP 5.5

PHP Warning:  Illegal string offset 'b' in /Projects/test/a10.php on line 6

Warning: Illegal string offset 'b' in /Projects/test/a10.php on line 6
a

Sunday, December 4, 2022

talha_ahmed_khan

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