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Dave Faliskie
17,793 PointsSeeing a blank white page when submitting a php form
I recently picked up a PHP site from another developer and am trying to get it setup on my local computer using MAMP. I was successfully able to copy down the files and get the site running locally. I also made a copy of the data base and changed the credentials in the php project to use the local database.
When I try and create a new user locally I am brought to a blank page and my file path does not change as it would if the POST request was successful. The local database was also not updated with the new account I was trying to create.
I'm pretty stuck on this and not entirely sure how to trouble shoot this. Has anyone experienced a similar issue or are there any ideas on ways I can trouble shoot this?
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points@jamesjones21 yes the config file has been updated with the local database credentials, and the form tags do use the proper path now. I was able to get the following logs but I'm not quite sure what to make of them...
E_NOTICE Error in file »login.php« at line 85: Undefined variable: msg
E_STRICT Error in file »DBConn.php« at line 16: Non-static method DB::connect() should not be called statically
E_STRICT Error in file »DB.php« at line 520: Non-static method DB::parseDSN() should not be called statically
E_STRICT Error in file »mysql.php« at line 49: Declaration of DB_mysql::quote() should be compatible with DB_common::quote($string = NULL)
E_DEPRECATED Error in file »mysql.php« at line 241: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead
E_STRICT Error in file »DB.php« at line 557: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically
E_STRICT Error in file »DBConn.php« at line 17: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 2200: Non-static method DB::isManip() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 1009: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 2200: Non-static method DB::isManip() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 1014: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »login.php« at line 92: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically
E_STRICT Error in file »DB.php« at line 1387: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 1009: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context
E_STRICT Error in file »common.php« at line 2200: Non-static method DB::isManip() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context E_STRICT Error in file »login.php« at line 114: Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically WARNING Error in file »login.php« at line 130: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/KOL/public_html/login.php:56)
jamesjones21
9,260 PointsThere we go, but without seeing the full picture quite hard to pin point it, but least its fixed 👌
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points@jamesjones21 yes definitely not something anyone would have been able to solve with the info I posted. Thanks for your help on this, in a way your comment lead me to finding the problem!
jamesjones21
9,260 Pointshappy to help in a small way :) I would also look to change from using mysqli to using PDO, which makes PHP and Database work a lot easier :)
1 Answer
Dave Faliskie
17,793 PointsI was able to figure it out. I had to change an import that was referencing a file in the same directory
require_once 'DB/common.php';
// changed to
require_once 'common.php';
jamesjones21
9,260 Pointsjamesjones21
9,260 PointsHi, has the config file to access the database been updated with your local credentials? Also within the form tags, have you specified the correct path to the file within the action attribute?