Guys, there's a problem lies on my code...cant display the image in viewing candidates..i already put the code <img src=\"".$row['image']."\"> as what my friend here said in my code in viewing but it seems it didn't work out..
here's my adding record..
add_new.php
<?php
/*
NEW.PHP
Allows user to create a new entry in the database
*/
// creates the new record form
// since this form is used multiple times in this file, I have made it a function that is easily reusable
function renderForm($name, $position, $partyname, $error)
{
?>
<?php
// if there are any errors, display them
if ($error != '')
{
echo '<div style="padding:4px; border:1px solid red; color:red;">'.$error.'</div>';
}
?>
<form action="" enctype=multipart/form-data method="post">
<center><table width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0">
<tr> <td width="40%">First Name:</td><td width="80%"><input type="text" name="f_name"/></td></tr><br>
<tr> <td width="40%">Last Name:</td><td width="80%"><input type="text" name="l_name"/></td></tr><br>
<tr> <td width="40%">Middle Name:</td><td width="80%"><input type="text" name="m_name"/></td></tr><br>
<tr><td width="40%">Position:</td><br>
<?php
include('connect-db.php');
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM positions")
or die(mysql_error());
echo"<td width=80%><select name=position>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
echo '<option value="'.$row['position'].'">' . $row['position'] . '</option>';
}
echo "</select></td></tr>";
?>
<tr><td width="40%">Party Name:</td>
<?php
include('connect-db.php');
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM partynames")
or die(mysql_error());
echo"<td width=80%><select name=partyname>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
echo '<option value="'.$row['partyname'].'">' . $row['partyname'] . '</option>';
}
echo "</select></td></tr>";
?>
<input type=hidden name=MAX_FILE_SIZE value=150000>
<input type=hidden name=completed value=1>
Please choose an image to upload: <input type=file name=imagefile><br>
Please enter the title of that picture: <input name=whatsit><br>
</form>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td align="left"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
}
// connect to the database
include('connect-db.php');
// check if the form has been submitted. If it has, start to process the form and save it to the database
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
// get form data, making sure it is valid
$f_name = htmlspecialchars($_POST['f_name']);
$l_name = htmlspecialchars($_POST['l_name']);
$title = htmlspecialchars($_POST['title']);
$imgdata = htmlspecialchars($_POST['imgdata']);
$m_name = htmlspecialchars($_POST['m_name']);
$position = htmlspecialchars($_POST['position']);
$partyname = htmlspecialchars($_POST['partyname']);
// check to make sure both fields are entered
if (f_name == '' || l_name == '' || title == '' || imgdata == '' || m_name == '' || position == '' || partyname == '')
{
// generate error message
$error = 'ERROR: Please fill in all required fields!';
// if either field is blank, display the form again
renderForm($id,$f_name, $l_name, $title, $imgdata, $m_name, $position, $partyname, $error);
}
else
{
// save the data to the database
mysql_query("INSERT candidates SET f_name='$f_name', l_name='$l_name', title='$title', imgdata='$imgdata', m_name='$m_name', position='$position', partyname='$partyname'")
or die(mysql_error());
echo"<br><br><center>Succesfully added!";
}
}
else
// if the form hasn't been submitted, display the form
{
renderForm('','','','','','','','');
}
if ($_REQUEST[completed] == 1) {
// Need to add - check for large upload. Otherwise the code
// will just duplicate old file ;-)
// ALSO - note that latest.img must be public write and in a
// live appliaction should be in another (safe!) directory.
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['imagefile']['tmp_name'],"latest.img");
$instr = fopen("latest.img","rb");
$image = addslashes(fread($instr,filesize("latest.img")));
if (strlen($instr) < 149000) {
mysql_query ("insert into candidates (title, imgdata) values (\"".
$_REQUEST[whatsit].
"\", \"".
$image.
"\")");
} else {
$errmsg = "Too large!";
}
}
// If this is the image request, send out the image
if ($_REQUEST[gim] == 1) {
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
print $bytes;
exit ();
}
?>view_records.php
<?php
include('connect-db.php');
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM candidates")
or die(mysql_error());
echo "<table width='600' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='1' align='center'>";
echo "<tr> <th bgcolor='lightblue'>Picture</th><th bgcolor='lightblue'>FirstName</th><th bgcolor='lightblue'>LastName</th><th bgcolor='lightblue'>MiddleName</th><th bgcolor='lightblue'>Position</th> <th bgcolor='lightblue'>PartyName</th> <th bgcolor='lightblue'>Action</th></tr>";
// loop through results of database query, displaying them in the table
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
// echo out the contents of each row into a table
echo '<td><center><img src=\''.$row['imgdata'] .\''> '</td>';
echo '<td><center>' . $row['f_name'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><center>' . $row['l_name'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><center>' . $row['m_name'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><center>' . $row['position'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><center>' . $row['partyname'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><center><a href="edit_candidates.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '">Modify</a> <a href="delete_candidates.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '">Delete</td>';
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
?>Pls find out whats the problem lies about. i need to implement it..tnx..
here's the error in my program..
Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\wamp\www\41e1\candidate\view_records.php on line 121