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JayVee
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Age restriction code

Post by JayVee »

I can't get this page to display properly. Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong.
As soon as I use the 'isset' code the page fails to display.

This code appears above the html code on my form page.

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<?php 
session_start();
 
if (isset($_POST['checkage'])) { 
??$day = $_POST['day']; 
??$month = $_POST['month']; 
??$year = $_POST['year'];
??$minage = $_POST['country'];  
?? 
??$birthstamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year); 
??$diff = time() - $birthstamp; 
??$age_years = floor($diff / 31556926); 
 
??if($age_years >= $minage) { 
????$_SESSION['Age'] = "Yes";
????$url = '/home.htm'; 
??} else { 
???$_SESSION['Age'] = "No"; 
????$url = '/minor.htm'; 
??} 
??header('Location: $url'); 
}
?>
Not sure where its going wrong.
Last edited by JayVee on Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:59 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Age restriction code

Post by jayshields »

Are you submitting a form to that page with a field named "checkage", and using the POST method? If you are, put error_reporting(E_ALL); at the top of your script.
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Re: Age restriction code

Post by pcoder »

Put your php code inside the .
JayVee
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Re: Age restriction code

Post by JayVee »

I'm using this form on the same page. I assumed that my if isset statement would be ignored if the form wasn't sent. Am I wrong?

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<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
 <select name="country" id="country">
<option value="N" selected="selected">Choose Country</option>
<option value="18">Ireland</option>
<option value="18">UK</option>
<option value="21">USA</option>
<option value="18">Other</option>
</select>
<select name="day" id="day">
    <option value="">Day</option>
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
    <option value="3">3</option>
    <option value="4">4</option>
    <option value="5">5</option>
    <option value="6">6</option>
    <option value="7">7</option>
    <option value="8">8</option>
    <option value="9">9</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="11">11</option>
    <option value="12">12</option>
    <option value="13">13</option>
    <option value="14">14</option>
    <option value="15">15</option>
    <option value="16">16</option>
    <option value="17">17</option>
    <option value="18">18</option>
    <option value="19">19</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="21">21</option>
    <option value="22">22</option>
    <option value="23">23</option>
    <option value="24">24</option>
    <option value="25">25</option>
    <option value="26">26</option>
    <option value="27">27</option>
    <option value="28">28</option>
    <option value="29">29</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="31">31</option>
 
</select>                          
<select name="month" id="month">
                              <option value="" selected="selected">Month</option>
                              <option value="1">January</option>
                              <option value="2">February</option>
                              <option value="3">March</option>
                              <option value="4">April</option>
                              <option value="5">May</option>
                              <option value="6">June</option>
                              <option value="7">July</option>
                              <option value="8">August</option>
                              <option value="9">September</option>
                              <option value="10">October</option>
                              <option value="11">November</option>
                              <option value="12">December</option>
                                                                                                                                                              </select>
 
<select id="year" name="year"> 
??<option selected="selected" value="">Year</option>  
??<option value="1998">1998</option> 
??<option value="1997">1997</option> 
??<option value="1996">1996</option> 
   <option value="1995">1995</option> 
??<option value="1994">1994</option> 
??<option value="1993">1993</option> 
??<option value="1992">1992</option> 
??<option value="1991">1991</option> 
??<option value="1990">1990</option> 
??<option value="1989">1989</option> 
??<option value="1988">1988</option> 
??<option value="1987">1987</option> 
??<option value="1986">1986</option> 
??<option value="1985">1985</option> 
??<option value="1984">1984</option> 
??<option value="1983">1983</option> 
??<option value="1982">1982</option> 
??<option value="1981">1981</option> 
??<option value="1980">1980</option> 
??<option value="1979">1979</option> 
??<option value="1978">1978</option> 
??<option value="1977">1977</option> 
??<option value="1976">1976</option> 
??<option value="1975">1975</option> 
??<option value="1974">1974</option> 
??<option value="1973">1973</option> 
??<option value="1972">1972</option> 
??<option value="1971">1971</option> 
??<option value="1970">1970</option> 
??<option value="1969">1969</option> 
??<option value="1968">1968</option> 
??<option value="1967">1967</option> 
??<option value="1966">1966</option> 
??<option value="1965">1965</option> 
??<option value="1964">1964</option> 
??<option value="1963">1963</option> 
??<option value="1962">1962</option> 
??<option value="1961">1961</option> 
??<option value="1960">1960</option> 
??<option value="1959">1959</option> 
??<option value="1958">1958</option> 
??<option value="1957">1957</option> 
??<option value="1956">1956</option> 
??<option value="1955">1955</option> 
??<option value="1954">1954</option> 
??<option value="1953">1953</option> 
??<option value="1952">1952</option> 
??<option value="1951">1951</option> 
??<option value="1950">1950</option> 
??<option value="1949">1949</option> 
??<option value="1948">1948</option>
  <option value="1947">1947</option> 
<input type="submit" value="Enter" name="checkage" id="checkage" />
</select>
                                </form>
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