Action Page in Admin Pack

[JiminSA]

This must seem a dumb question, but I need clarification on how exactly one directs the form to submit to itself.
I am using a none-existent name (myself) in lieu of "somepage" in the index.php script. But when clicking the save button after semi-filling out of the form (i.e. submitting an incomplete form), I do not appear to be picking the form up on isset.
here's my code...

PHP Code:

    $menuopts = array(
        "Just Leasing Content Management System" => array(
            "Showroom Entry Page" => BB_GetRequestURLBase() . "?action=myself&sec_t=" . BB_CreateSecurityToken("myself")
        )
    ); 


After the save button is clicked it jumps to the successfully created message???

PHP Code:

    if (isset($_REQUEST["action"]) && $_REQUEST["action"] == "myself")
    {

        if (isset($_REQUEST["rank"]))
        {

            if (BB_GetPageMessageType() != "error")
            {
echo "Form Check";
                if (check_empty_fields())
                {
// process the form data
                var_dump ($req_fields);
// [Save data here.]
echo "Save record code!";
                BB_RedirectPage("success", "Successfully saved the data.");
                }
            }
        } 


Upon submission (Save button) the logic jumps straight to the successfully created message and none of the above echo's are displayed???

[thruska]

Actually, it probably does. PHP buffers the output until it has enough to actually output. The BB_RedirectPage() outputs a "Location" header if nothing has been output yet.

Put an 'exit()' call after your 'echo' statements but before the BB_RedirectPage() call.

Also, not a dumb question. Admin Pack is one of those tools that takes time to get used to.

I see a potential problem with the order of operations.

PHP Code:

if (isset($_REQUEST["rank"]))
        {
            if ($_REQUEST["rank"] == "")  BB_SetPageMessage("error", "Please select a rank.");
            else if (...) ...
            // Do other checks.

            if (BB_GetPageMessageType() != "error")
            {
                // Save data here.
echo "Save record here.";
exit();

                BB_RedirectPage("success", "Successfully saved the data.");
            }
        } 


Basically, this allows you to check each field and set the error message if a test doesn't pass. Then the BB_GetPageMessageType() call checks to see if there is an error message that needs to be displayed. If so, it just falls through to the form. If not, it goes to save the data.

[JiminSA]

Thank you Thruska! Now I'm on-track!