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I've set up a form to update my blog and it was working fine up until about this morning. It keeps on turning up with an Invalid Entry ID error on the edit post page when I click the update button despite the fact that it updates the homepage. All help is seriously appreciated.
<html>
<head>
<title>Ultan's Blog | New Post</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/editpost.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="new-form">
<div class="header">
</div>
<div class="form-bg">
<?php
mysql_connect ('localhost', 'root', 'root') ;
mysql_select_db ('tmlblog');
if (isset($_POST['update'])) {
$id = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['id']));
$month = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['month']));
$date = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['date']));
$year = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['year']));
$time = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['time']));
$entry = $_POST['entry'];
$title = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['title']));
if (isset($_POST['password'])) $password = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['password']));
else $password = "";
$entry = nl2br($entry);
if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$title = addslashes($title);
$entry = addslashes($entry);
}
$timestamp = strtotime ($month . " " . $date . " " . $year . " " . $time);
$result = mysql_query("UPDATE php_blog SET timestamp='$timestamp', title='$title', entry='$entry', password='$password' WHERE id='$id' LIMIT 1") or print ("Can't update entry.<br />" . mysql_error());
header("Location: post.php?id=" . $id);
}
if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
$id = (int)$_POST['id'];
$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM php_blog WHERE id='$id'") or print ("Can't delete entry.<br />" . mysql_error());
if ($result != false) {
print "The entry has been successfully deleted from the database.";
exit;
}
}
if (!isset($_GET['id']) || empty($_GET['id']) || !is_numeric($_GET['id'])) {
die("Invalid entry ID.");
}
else {
$id = (int)$_GET['id'];
}
$result = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM php_blog WHERE id='$id'") or print ("Can't select entry.<br />" . $sql . "<br />" . mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$old_timestamp = $row['timestamp'];
$old_title = stripslashes($row['title']);
$old_entry = stripslashes($row['entry']);
$old_password = $row['password'];
$old_title = str_replace('"','\'',$old_title);
$old_entry = str_replace('<br />', '', $old_entry);
$old_month = date("F",$old_timestamp);
$old_date = date("d",$old_timestamp);
$old_year = date("Y",$old_timestamp);
$old_time = date("H:i",$old_timestamp);
}
?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<p><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
<strong><label for="month">Date (month, day, year):</label></strong>
<select name="month" id="month">
<option value="<?php echo $old_month; ?>"><?php echo $old_month; ?></option>
<option value="January">January</option>
<option value="February">February</option>
<option value="March">March</option>
<option value="April">April</option>
<option value="May">May</option>
<option value="June">June</option>
<option value="July">July</option>
<option value="August">August</option>
<option value="September">September</option>
<option value="October">October</option>
<option value="November">November</option>
<option value="December">December</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" size="2" value="<?php echo $old_date; ?>" />
<select name="year" id="year">
<option value="<?php echo $old_year; ?>"><?php echo $old_year; ?></option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
<option value="2005">2005</option>
<option value="2006">2006</option>
<option value="2007">2007</option>
<option value="2008">2008</option>
<option value="2009">2009</option>
<option value="2010">2010</option>
</select>
<strong><label for="time">Time:</label></strong> <input type="text" name="time" id="time" size="5" value="<?php echo $old_time; ?>" /></p>
<p><strong><label for="title">Title:</label></strong> <input type="text" name="title" id="title" value="<?php echo $old_title; ?>" size="40" /> </p>
<p><strong><label for="password">Password protect?</label></strong> <input type="checkbox" name="password" id="password" value="1"<?php if($old_password == 1) echo " checked=\"checked\""; ?> /></p>
<p><textarea cols="80" rows="20" name="entry" id="entry"><?php echo $old_entry; ?></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="update" id="update" value="Update"></p>
</form>
<p><strong>Be absolutely sure that this is the post that you wish to remove from the blog!</strong><br />
</p>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="id" id="id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="delete" id="delete" value="Delete" />
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="bottom"></div>
</body>
</html>
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