Form keeps sending me to the wrong section after submit

PHP
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Hi, this is my code. I have created a form in the section “form_page”, but everytime I submit it sends me back to the main page with this URL: http://localhost/seminarka/index.php?send_form=Odeslat
I’ve been trying to figure it out, but I don’t know where I am making the mistake, could someone help me? Thanks.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
	<?php 
	if(isset($_REQUEST["section"])){
		$section = $_REQUEST["section"];
	}
	else{
		$section = "";
	}
	
	if ($section == ""){$title = "Main Page";}
	if ($section == "form_page"){$title = "RegForm";}
	
	
	
	?>
<title><?php print($title) ?></title>
</head>

<body>
	<header>
		<ul id="menu">
			<li><a href="index.php">Main Page</a></li>
			<li><a href="index.php?section=form_page">RegForm</a></li>
		</ul>
	</header>
	<main>
		<div id="main_content">
			<?php if ($section == ""){ ?> 
				<h1>O klubu</h1>
				<p>...blablabla...</p>
			<?php } ?>
			
			<?php if ($section == "form_page"){ ?>  
				<h1>RegForm</h1>
				<form action="" method="get">
					<label for="name_input">Jméno: 
						<input type="text" id="name_input">
					</label><br>
					<label for="surname_input">Příjmení: 
						<input type="text" id="surname_input">
					</label><br>
					<label for="username_input">Uživatelské jméno:  
						<input type="text" id="username_input">
					</label><br>
					<label for="passwd_input">Heslo: 
						<input type="password" id="passwd_input">
					</label><br>
					<label for="passwd_verif_input">Ověření hesla: 
						<input type="password" id="passwd_verif_input">
					</label><br>
					<input type="submit" name="send_form">
				</form>
			<?php } ?>
			
		</div>
		
	</main>
	<footer></footer>
</body>
</html>
2

Why are you using GET instead of POST? What are you actually trying to accomplish with this code?

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3

In this form opening tag

<form action="" method="get">

you don’t specify anything for the action parameter, so it will reload the page you are on when you submit the form. If you want it to load a different page on submit, add that page URL into the parameter.

4

I tried this, but it still does the same thing

<form action="index.php?section=form_page" method="get">
5

If that code you posted is called index.php, then it will send you to the same place. The only difference is that it’s now set a variable called $_GET['section'] with a value of “form_page”.

Back to the question by @benanamen, what are you actually trying to do here? And is the code you posted index.php, or something else?

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Yea, the file is called index.php - my goal right now is to stay on the same page after I submit the form and after that something like

<?php if (isset($_REQUEST["send_form"])){
				print(something...)
			} ?>
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If you want to actually stay on the same page without a refresh, you’ll need to use something like Ajax to submit the form. Using the standard submit it would re-load the page with the various form variables set. I would look at using $_POST instead of $_GET and $_REQUEST, and pass your “section” as a hidden form variable instead of as part of the URL.

Keep in mind that your logic re-draws the form if that variable is set, so if you want to come back to the same page but not draw the form, you need to swap that around.

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Is making more .php files also a solution? What I have in mind is creating separate php files for each section (main page, gallery, reg form, …)

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Yes. But you want to include those files into the index page as needed. A single point of entry is a good setup to have. Make sure to include them dynamically, not with a bunch of if else clauses

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