Re: Placing a form on a page

On 05/06/2013 09:35 AM, OJFR wrote:
> Ethan, to center your form you just need to chance a little bit its
> structure as follows:
>
> <div class="to_center"></div>
>
> <div id="frm">
> 	<form   name="poster"  method="post"  action="">
> 		<input type="text" name="cnum" hidden="hidden"></input>
> 		<input type='hidden' name='welcome_already_seen'
> value='already_seen'>
> 		<?php echo "<center><input type='submit' value='Validate
> Choice' /></center>"; echo"
>                 </form>"; ?>
> </div>
>
> <div class="to_center"></div>
>
> And go to your CSS file and add this lines:
>
> .to_center  {
> 	width: auto;
> }
>
> That will solve your problem because when you have a fixed div between two
> columns with an auto width declared, those two columns take the exact width
> to fill completely the width of their container (adding also the fixed width
> of the div of your form). If you have any trouble understanding this just
> ask 'cause English is not my first language, so I'll try to explain myself
> better. I also recommend that if you are having problems with CSS and HTML
> structure, you should consider to use Twitter Bootstrap. Google it and I
> guess it will be pretty useful for you in the future.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Osain.
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Ethan Rosenberg, PhD [mailto:[email protected]]
> Enviado el: lunes, 06 de mayo de 2013 12:23 AM
> Para: PHP Database List
> Asunto: [?? Probable Spam] [PHP-DB] Placing a form on a page
>
> Dear List -
> I apologize if I offended some of you. I will see that it does not repeat.
> I am trying to center a form on the top of a page. Here is the form:
>
> <div id="frm">
> <form   name="poster"  method="post"  action="">
> <input type="text" name="cnum" hidden="hidden"></input>  <input
> type='hidden' name='welcome_already_seen' value='already_seen'>  <?php echo
> "<center><input type='submit' value='Validate Choice' /></center>"; echo
> "</form>"; ?>  </div>
>
>
> It is aligned on the p;age with the following css - #frm{
> position: fixed;
> top: 5%;
> left:42%;
> }
>
> It aligns perfectly with this form
>
> function show_welcome()
> {
> $custnum     = isset($_REQUEST["Cust_Num"]) ? $_REQUEST["Cust_Num"] : "";
> $first_name = isset($_REQUEST["Fname"])  ? $_REQUEST["Fname"] : "";
> $last_name  = isset($_REQUEST["Lname"])  ? $_REQUEST["Lname"] : "";
> $street     = isset($_REQUEST["Street"]) ? $_REQUEST["Street"] : "";
> $city   = isset($_REQUEST['City']) ?   $_REQUEST['City'] : "";
> $state   = isset($_REQUEST['State']) ?   $_REQUEST['State'] : "";
> $zip   = isset($_REQUEST['Zip']) ?   $_REQUEST['Zip'] : "";
> $phone      = isset($_REQUEST["Phone"])  ? $_REQUEST["Phone"] : "";
> $date   = isset($_REQUEST['Date']) ?   $_REQUEST['Date'] : "";
> $notes   = isset($_REQUEST['Notes']) ?   $_REQUEST['Notes'] : "";
> $p1      = isset($_REQUEST['PH1']) ?   $_REQUEST['PH1'] : "";
> $p2      = isset($_REQUEST['PH2']) ?   $_REQUEST['PH2'] : "";
> $p3      = isset($_REQUEST['PH3']) ?   $_REQUEST['PH3'] : "";
>
>
> echo "<br /><br />";
> echo "<center>";
> echo "<form  method=\"post\">";
> echo "<strong>Customer Number:</strong>  <input type='text'
> name='Cust_Num'  value='$custnum' /></input><br /><br />"; echo"
> <strong>First Name:</strong>  <input type=\"text\" name=\"Fname\"
> value='$first_name' />";
> echo "<strong>Last Name:</strong>  <input type=\"text\" name=\"Lname\"
> value='$last_name' /></input><br /><br />"; echo "<strong>Street:
> </strong><input type= 'text'  name= 'Street'
> value='$street' /></input>";
> echo "<strong>City:</strong><input type= 'text'  name= 'City'
> value='$city' /></input>";
> echo "<strong>State:</strong>  <input type= 'text' size='2'
> maxlength='2' name= 'state' value='NY' /></input>&nbsp"; echo "<strong>Zip
> Code:</strong>  <input type= 'text' size='5'
> maxlength='5' name= 'Zip' value='10952' /></input><br /><br />"; echo
> "</center>"; echo"<center>"; echo"<div  id='phn'>  "; echo"
> <strong>Phone:</strong>  (<input type='text' size='3'
> maxlength='3' name='PH1' value='$p1'>)</input>"; echo"<input type='text'
> size='3' maxlength='3' name='PH2' value = '$p2'></input>"; echo"<input
> type='text' size='4' maxlength='4' name='PH3' value = '$p3'></input><br
> /><br />"; echo"<strong>Date:</strong><input type='text' size='10'
> maxlength='10'
>    name='Date' value='$date'></input><br /><br />"; echo "</center>"; //
> echo "</div>"; echo "<center>"; echo "<input type='submit'  /><br /><br
> />"; echo "&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<input type='reset' value = 'Clear Form'  />";
> echo "<input type='hidden' name='welcome_already_seen'
> value='already_seen'>";
> echo "<input type='hidden' name='next_step' value='step2' />"; echo"
> </center>"; // goto step2; ?>  </form>
>
>
> With this it is offset to the right.
> echo "<center><strong>Do you wish to enter a Payment?</strong></center>";
> echo "<form name='form2'  method='post'>"; echo"<center><strong>Name:
> $_SESSION[Lname] echo $_SESSION[Fname]</strong></center>"; echo
> "<center><input type='submit' name='button' value='YES'></center>"; echo
> "<input type='hidden' name='welcome_already_seen'
> value='already_seen'>";
> echo "<input type='hidden' name='next_step' value='step5' />"; echo
> "</form>"; echo"<center><strong>Do you wish to enter a
> Charge?</strong></center>"; echo"<form name='form1' method='post'>"; echo
> "<center><strong>Name: $_SESSION[Lname],
> $_SESSION[Fname]</strong></center>";
> echo "<center><input type='submit' name='button' value='YES'
> onclick='ClearScren'></center>";
> echo "<input type='hidden' name='welcome_already_seen'
> value='already_seen'>";
> echo "<input type='hidden' name='next_step' value='step6' />"; echo
> "</form>"; echo"<center><strong>Name: $_SESSION[Lname],
> $_SESSION[Fname]</strong></center>";
> echo "<center><strong>Are you Finished for Now?</strong></center>"; echo
> "<form name='form1' action='exiter3.php' method='post'>"; // echo
> "<center><input type='submit' name='button' value='YES'></center>"; echo
> "</form>"; I know that I am doing something wrong, but cannot figure out
> what it is.
>
>
> Ethan
>
>
> PS I know that the formatting of the above is an absolute disaster.
> Icedove defaults to 80 columns, and pure test does not allow me to change
> font size.  If you could show me how, it would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
===========

Thanks -

Works beautifully!!

Ethan

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