PHP_SELF

Question

Hello everybody!

Im a bit newbie with php and trying to submit my form now to mysql.

When the connection and the submit method is in the same file i use:

action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>"

And everything is great!

But when redirect the action to different file like:

action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["/send/sendIdea.php"]);?>"

i get nothing, no redirect at all, no error, just refreshing my register page with the form.
I was trying to type instead the path, the full URL but also no result.

How can i use the htmlspecialchars in the same way like the first example but for different path then PHP_SELF and work?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

just type within the action, the php file you want to go to, and don't forget htmlentities or htmlspecialchars for security issues