[PHP] shoutbox

Yao · 08-25-2005

Hi!
I'm quite new here, I read the tutorial on this site about the shoutbox.
i followed it till the admin page, I don't want that part yet. I just wanted to test if the firstpart woulld do it.
well, it doesn't.
it's quite a lot of code, so i don't know if it's alright if i post it here..
well here it is:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

session_start();



mysql_connect('...','....','.....' or die(mysql_error());

mysql_select_db('db') or die(mysql_error());



function getshouts()

{



$query= mysql_query('SELECT * from shoutbox_db ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT  10') or die(mysql_error());

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))

{



$name = stripslashes($row['name']);

$contact = stripslashes($row['contact']);

$text = stripslashes($row['text']);





if(empty($contact)){

echo $name ; 

echo '<br>'. $text ;

}

else{

echo '<a href="'.$contact.'" target="_blank">';

echo $name .'</a>' ; 

echo '<br>'. $text ;



} // else end

} // while end



echo '<p>';

 echo '

<form name="shout" method="post" action="shout.php">

<input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="Name" size="25" maxlength="10"><br>

<input name="contact" type="text" id="contact" value="http://" size="25"><br>

<input name="text" type="text" id="message" value="Message" size="25"><br>

<input name="shout" type="submit" id="shout" value="Shout!">

</form>

'; 



} //function getshouts end





if( isset ($_POST[shout]))

{



$name = addslashes($_POST['name']);

$contact = addslashes($_POST['contact']);

$text = addslahes($_POST['text']);



if ( ( isset ( $name )) && ( isset ( $text ) ))

{

$smilies = mysql_query ( SELECT * FROM smilies  ) or die(mysql_error());

while($get = mysql_fetch_array($smilies))

{

$alt = $get ['Alt'];

$smilie = $get ['URL'];



$text = str_replace( $get['Symbol'], '<img src="blender3d/smilies/'.$smilie'" class="smilies" alt="'.$alt'">', $text ); 

$themessage = addslashes($text);

}



mysql_query("INSERT INTO shouts (name,contact,text) VALUES ('$name','$contact','$text')") or die(mysql_error());

$_SESSION['has posted'] = yes;

header("Location: shout.php");



else{

 echo 'some entry fields are empty, please fill them and shout again.';

 header("Location: shout.php");

}

}

?>

but when i put it on line i get a white page, and when i check the source code (not that i would see any php code, that's not where i did it for) i see this:
<html><body></body></html>
while above the php code it has all kinds of code like a title and meta tags.
but it just shows it like it's an empty page..

What do i do wrong

ParaSnake · 08-25-2005

1 file can not say anything,try to work form the beginning to the end ,make sure you understand what you are doing before asking,so that the answer you receive will be ur experiment

(The most important here is i`m too lazy to read those codes lmao

)

Yao · 08-25-2005

it's not like i don't know what i'm doing

.. i understand what i'm doing.. but it's quite odd that the form is not showing.
and it should work like this, without the admin page.. but i don't know what kind of a fault i made.

GoldNetX · 08-25-2005

It may be a stupid question, but are you sure the webhost you are using supports PHP?

Yao · 08-25-2005

i'm very sure

**Man1c M0g** · 08-25-2005

Hmmm. You might have PHP error display turned off. If that is the case then you'll just get a blank screen instead of a description of the error. I'm not a PHP expert myself, but if you turn error display on, then at least you'll get some idea of where the problem in your script is located...

Yao · 08-25-2005

well.. normally seen it gives the errors.. but now it doesn't..
i checked all the settings, but couldn't even found something which has a relation with PHP.

scrowler · 08-26-2005

sorry i haven't replied to your email, been very busy.

i've had this problem a few times myself (on different scripts) and i can't remember exactly what the problem with it is, but i have a feeling it is something to do with error reporting level and/or the php server settings. hope that helps..