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How come my php function wont respond when i press submit button in form??


<?php
include 'connect.php';
?>
<title>Registration</title>

<form method='post'>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['register_button'])){
$username = $_POST['username'];
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$confirm_password = $_POST['confirm_password'];

if(empty($username) or empty($first_name)){
echo'fields missing!';
} else if ($password != $confirm_password) {
echo"confirm password didnt match";
} else {
mysql_query("INSERT INTO members VALUES('', '$first_name', '$last_name', '$username', '$email', '$password')");
echo "Successfully Registered";
}

}
?>
Name: <br/>
<input type='text' name='first_name' />
<input type='text' name='last_name' />
<br /><br />
User Name : <br />
<input type='text' name='username' />
<br /><br/>
email ID : <br/>
<input type='email' name='email' />
<br/><br/>
Password :
</form><br>
<input type='password' name='password' />
<br/><br/>
Confirm Password:
<br/>
<input type='password' name='confirm_password' />
<br/><br/>
<input type='submit' value='submit' id='button' name='register_button' />

</form>

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1) Please enclose your code in [ PHP ] tags. See the sticky at the top of this forum.
2) You need to better describe what is (not) happening. Are you getting a blank screen or is the submit button appearing to not do anything? You will need to check the logs to clarify either way.

thanks for the tips i wil next time, but what is not happening is anything when i press the button. i cant connect the submit button to the function at all.

Do you see anything in the log when you click the submit button? You first need to determine if the page is being executed and just outputting the identical info making it look like it is not executing or if is really is a no-op. I'd suggest you put something like this before the isset check:

Im not sure how to read the log, and when i put
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in it just reads as
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i guess my question is how do i get that form submit button to trigger my php code, sorry im a noob and thanks for your quick reply i appreciate it

What that output implies is it is the first time on that page (i.e. $_POST is empty). The PHP code is executed/triggered every time you request that page. The only difference is when you click the submit button the page is executed with all the $_POST values filled in. That is what the debug I gave you was to show.