need php/mysql help

[sarroya]

I'm trying to draw points that firstly defined between two values at data.php using post method

#data.php
<?php
:
:
?>
<img src="image.php">
<form action="data.php" method="post"> Between <INPUT type="TEXT" name="from"> And <INPUT type="TEXT" name="to">
<td colspan=5 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select"></td> </form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{

$Fro = $_POST['from']; $Too = $_POST['to'];
:
:
}
?>

At image.php these points are supose to be dawed by taking their coordinates (x,y) from a table under condition that its betwwen the values of $Fro and $Too.

#image.php
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "1234") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error());

$Fro = $_POST['from']; $Too = $_POST['to'];

$check3 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data WHERE data.ID BETWEEN '$Fro' AND '$Too' ")or die(mysql_error());
while($info3 = mysql_fetch_array( $check3 ))
{
$time = $info3['ID']; $arrX[$i] = $info3['x']; $arrY[$i] = $info3['y'];
$i += 1; $count = $i;
}
:
:
//a function to draw the points
?>

The problem is that the post contents of $Fro and $Too does't not posted so that it can't be used at image.php (does't have value when posted).
I tried to cookies but does't work also.
any help.
thanks in advance

[freecrm]

Strange... :S

Firstly, to de-bug, try removing the form action in #data.php so that it posts to the same page and echo $Fro and $Too to see if the post/ variable allocation is working at all.

If that's working try echoing the same immediately after the variable definition in #image.php.

Or have you already tried that..

If cookies don't work, how about passing the $Too and $Fro variables through the URL and obtaining via $_GET?

[descalzo]

My assumption:
I call data.php in the first place, it just displays the form ( since $_POST['submit']) is false ).
I fill in the info and submit it to ... data.php
data.php displays the form and then inserts an image tag like

<img src="image.php" >

and then image.php creates a png or some other graphic?

IF that is the case, you have to use a GET for the image and adjust the image tag to something like:

<img src="image.php?from=23&to=44" >

if $Fro is 23 and $Too is 44 in data.php

And then you use $_GET[] in image.php instead of $_POST[] to retrieve the values.

Next time, show where image.php is actually used so we can have some idea of what is actually going on.

[sarroya]

this is the full code of image.php

 
//image.php
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "1234") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error());
 
$Fro = $_POST['from']; $Too = $_POST['to']; 
 
$check3 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data WHERE data.ID BETWEEN '$Fro' AND '$Too' ")or die(mysql_error());
while($info3 = mysql_fetch_array( $check3 )) 
{
$time = $info3['ID']; $arrX[$i] = $info3['x']; $arrY[$i] = $info3['y'];
$i += 1; $count = $i; 
} 
 
$im = @imagecreate(700, 400)
$red = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00);
$stamp = imagecreatefrompng("coolblue_small.png");
 
for ($i = 0; $i< $count; $i += 1){
imagecopy($im, $stamp, imagesx($im) - imagesx($stamp) - $arrX[$i], imagesy($im) - imagesy($stamp) - $arry[$i], 0, 0, imagesx($stamp), imagesy($stamp));
}
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
 
?>

Edit:
this is the full code of image.php

 
//image.php
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "1234") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error());
 
$Fro = $_POST['from']; $Too = $_POST['to']; 
 
$check3 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data WHERE data.ID BETWEEN '$Fro' AND '$Too' ")or die(mysql_error());
while($info3 = mysql_fetch_array( $check3 )) 
{
$time = $info3['ID']; $arrX[$i] = $info3['x']; $arrY[$i] = $info3['y'];
$i += 1; $count = $i; 
} 
 
$im = @imagecreate(700, 400)
$red = imagecolorallocate ($im, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00);
$stamp = imagecreatefrompng("coolblue_small.png");
 
for ($i = 0; $i< $count; $i += 1){
imagecopy($im, $stamp, imagesx($im) - imagesx($stamp) - $arrX[$i], imagesy($im) - imagesy($stamp) - $arry[$i], 0, 0, imagesx($stamp), imagesy($stamp));
}
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
 
?>

I'v tried $_GET[] and it does't work too.

 
//data.php
<img src="image.php">
<form action="data.php" method="get"> Between <INPUT type="TEXT" name="from"> And <INPUT type="TEXT" name="to"> 
<td colspan=5 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select"></td> </form>

and changed the image.php and use

 
$Fro = $_GET["from"];  $Too = $_GET["to"];

instead of

$Fro = $_POST['from']; $Too = $_POST['to'];

[freecrm]

Did you try the other things I mentioned to narrow down to possibilities?

[descalzo]

Try calling image.php on its own by just typing into the address bar:

yoursite/path/to/image.php?from=23&to=44

That should help show warnings and other problems.

And I see one quick problem...

$im = @imagecreate(700, 400)

missing a ';' , also why are you supressing warnings here?

Also, there should be nothing, not even spaces, outside of the <?php ?> tags.

//image.php

will cause mess up the image.