form action not navigating in include page

Question

I have a page calledemp.php in which i have the following code

 <form action="emp-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
          include("conn.php");                 

 $sud=$_SESSION['login_user'];

            $sqlc=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM emp where un='".$sud."' ");

            $countc=mysql_num_rows($sqlc);
            if($countc<99)
            {

         include("inc-profile.php");
            }
            else
            {
            echo "SORRY !!!!you have posted more than 100 jobs"; 

            } 

</form>

now this is working properly and navigates to inc-profile page according to condition

in inc-profile.php page I have

<form action="include-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

//some codes

 </form>

But form action is not nvigating toinclude-action.php page but navigating emp-action.phppage ..What might be the error PLZ NOT I HAVE REMOVED .PHP WITH HELP OF .HTACCES

Well, might be obvious, but you are missing `session_start()` before `$_SESSION`. — dkasipovic, Mar 25 '14 at 10:38
**Danger**: You are using [an **obsolete** database API](http://stackoverflow.com/q/12859942/19068) and should use a [modern replacement](http://php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.api.choosing.php). You may also be **vulnerable to [SQL injection attacks](http://bobby-tables.com/)** that a modern API would make it easier to [defend](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60174/best-way-to-prevent-sql-injection-in-php) yourself from. — Quentin, Mar 25 '14 at 10:38
It seems you are nesting forms. Avoid that, this is against HTML standard specification — Mostafa Talebi, Mar 25 '14 at 10:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '14 at 10:38

3

You have one form inside another form.

This is forbidden by the HTML specification and causes undesirable results.

Don't nest forms.

answered Mar 25 '14 at 10:38

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what should i do to navigate form that is present inside the include page? – codelover Mar 25 '14 at 10:50
I have no idea what you mean. If you want two forms, then separate them. Close one before starting another. – Quentin Mar 25 '14 at 10:52
,ya The thing is that I have an include page right.How can I navigate contents in include page ie.`inc-profile.php` to `include-action` page without form action? – codelover Mar 25 '14 at 10:58
Move the include to after `` or move `` to before the include. – Quentin Mar 25 '14 at 10:59
,moving ``before include worked fine..THANK YOU so much – codelover Mar 25 '14 at 11:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '14 at 10:40

as per your code you have 2 forms like this

<form action="emp-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
      <form action="include-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
      </form>
</form>

so when you submit the the first Form action will be initiated. please do like below

<form action="emp-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">


</form>
  include("conn.php");                 

 $sud=$_SESSION['login_user'];

            $sqlc=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM emp where un='".$sud."' ");

            $countc=mysql_num_rows($sqlc);
            if($countc<99)
            {

         include("inc-profile.php");
            }
            else
            {
            echo "SORRY !!!!you have posted more than 100 jobs"; 

            }

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '14 at 10:51

There are more than one problems in your code. As D.Kasipovic said you have to use session_start().

But you have also to differentiate html from php for example with php tag <?php ?>

like this

 <form action="emp-action" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<?php
       include("conn.php");                 

        $sud=$_SESSION['login_user'];

        $sqlc=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM emp where un='".$sud."' ");

        $countc=mysql_num_rows($sqlc);
        if($countc<99)
        {

     include("inc-profile.php");
        }
        else
        {
        echo "SORRY !!!!you have posted more than 100 jobs"; 

        } ?>
</form>

form action not navigating in include page

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