Demonstation: Using PHP GET and POST together to make Interactive Page

Different Pages using PHP $_GET variable

The Main Page | Contact Page | Register Page

POST Response
PHP Source Code
HTML form Code

No POST response yet

<?php
/**
* Check to see if any Server POST request has been made
*/
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
echo '<div class="response"><p>You have entered your name <strong>' . $_POST['user_name'] . '</strong> via HTTP POST method</p></div>';
}
else {
echo '<p>No POST response yet</p>';
}
?>

<fieldset>
<legend>Enter your Name</legend>
<form action="?pmode=main" method="post">
<p>
<label for="user_name">What is your name? » </label>
<input type="text" name="user_name" id="user_name" value="Name please" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
</fieldset>

Hi there, Welcome to our site.

Enter your Name

/**
* A function to stripslashes from string
* To be used if magiccodegpc is turned on in the server
*/
function stripslash_gpc( &$value ) {
$value = stripslashes( $value );
}
/**
* Check to see if magicgpc is on or not! If so then stripslase all the POST variable
* First check if server request method is post
* Then check if magic code gpc is turned on or not
*/
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
array_walk_recursive($_POST, 'stripslash_gpc');
}

<?php
/**************************************************************
* PHP Advance Technique to use POST and GET simultaneously
* @author Swashata <swashata4u@gmail.com>
* @license GPL2 You are free to do whatever you want
*/
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Demonstation: Using PHP GET and POST together to make Interactive Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="?pmode=main">The Main Page</a> | <a href="?pmode=contact">Contact Page</a> | <a href="?pmode=register">Register Page</a></p>
<?php
/**
* A function to stripslashes from string
* To be used if magiccodegpc is turned on in the server
*/
function stripslash_gpc( &$value ) {
$value = stripslashes( $value );
}
/**
* Check to see if magicgpc is on or not! If so then stripslase all the POST variable
* First check if server request method is post
* Then check if magic code gpc is turned on or not
*/
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
array_walk_recursive($_POST, 'stripslash_gpc');
}
/** Define and check the pmode from the GET URL variable */
$pmode = $_GET['pmode'];
if( !$pmode )
$pmode = 'main';
/** Now actually make the page using the pmode */
switch( $pmode ) {
default :
case 'main' :
/**
* Check to see if any Server POST request has been made
*/
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
echo '<div class="response"><p>You have entered your name <strong>' . $_POST['user_name'] . '</strong> via HTTP POST method</p></div>';
}
else {
echo '<p>No POST response yet</p>';
}
?>
<p>Hi there, Welcome to our site.</p>
<fieldset>
<legend>Enter your Name</legend>
<form action="?pmode=main" method="post">
<p>
<label for="user_name">What is your name? » </label>
<input type="text" name="user_name" id="user_name" value="Name please" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
</fieldset>
<?php
break;
case 'contact' :
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
?>
<div class="response">
<p>Hi <a href="mailto:<?php echo $_POST['user_email_post']; ?>"><?php echo $_POST['user_name_post']; ?></a>. We have received your email.</p>
<p>Your Email message was:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong><?php echo $_POST['user_subj_post']; ?></strong></p>
<p><?php echo $_POST['user_text_post']; ?></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
<p>Feel Free to drop in</p>
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Us</legend>
<form action="?pmode=contact" method="post">
<p>
<label for="user_name_post">Your Name: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_name_post" id="user_name_post" value="Enter name" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_email_post">Your Email: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_email_post" id="user_email_post" value="yourname@company.com" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_subj_post">Subject: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_subj_post" id="user_subj_post" value="Enter Subject" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_text_post">Message? »</label>
<textarea name="user_text_post" id="user_text_post"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</p>
</form>
</fieldset>
<?php
break;
case 'register' :
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
?>
<div class="response">
<p>Thanks for registration. Following credentials have been stored in our database.</p>
<p>Name: <?php echo $_POST['user_name_post']; ?></p>
<p>Age: <?php echo $_POST['user_age_post']; ?> years</p>
<p>Sex: <?php echo $_POST['user_sex_post']; ?></p>
<p>Email: <?php echo $_POST['user_email_post']; ?></p>
<p>Company: <?php echo $_POST['user_company_post']; ?></p>
<p>Message:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><?php echo $_POST['user_text_post']; ?></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
<p>Register to take full advantage</p>
<fieldset>
<legend>Register Now</legend>
<form action="?pmode=register" method="post">
<p>
<label for="user_name_post">Your Name: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_name_post" id="user_name_post" value="Enter name" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_age_post">Your Age: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_age_post" id="user_age_post" value="Age in Years" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_sex_post">Your Sex: »</label>
<select name="user_sex_post" id="user_sex_post">
<option value="Male">Male</option>
<option value="Female">Female</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_email_post">Your Email: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_email_post" id="user_email_post" value="yourname@company.com" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_company_post">Company: »</label>
<input type="text" name="user_company_post" id="user_company_post" value="Company name" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="user_text_post">Any Message? »</label>
<textarea name="user_text_post" id="user_text_post"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Register" />
</p>
</form>
</fieldset>
<?php
}
?>
</body>
</html>