$_POST function is called but form variables are not passing on

Question

I am trying for reset password module in a project. The resetpwd.php file gets the reset password and passing on the form variables to the updatepwd.php file for updating into database. $_POST function is called successfully when submit key is pressed but form variables are not passed on the updatepwd.php file.

resetpwd.php

<form id='frdpwd' method ="post"  action="/updatepwd.php" autocomplete="off">
<label for="Name">Name :</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" disabled = "disabled" size =25 value="<?php echo $name; ?>" >
<label for="email">Email ID :</label>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" disabled = "disabled" size =25 value="<?php echo $email; ?>" >
<input type="password" id="pwd" name="pwd" size = 25 placeholder="Your password (Required).." onkeyup='check();'>
<input type="submit" name = "resetpwdsubmit" value="Submit" >
<input type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>

updatepwd.php
<?php
    if(isset($_POST["resetpwdsubmit"])){
    $rname = $_POST["name"]);
    $remail = strtolower($_POST["email"]);
    $rpwd = $_POST["pwd"];
    $rcpwd = $_POST["cpwd"];

    echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('Check : " . $rname . "');</script>"; 

        if($rpwd==$rcpwd && $rname!="" && $remail!="" && $rpwd!=""){
        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('ready to update the pwd : " . $_POST["pwd"] . "');</script>"; 
        }
    }
?>

Maybe because they're `disabled`??? `error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', '1');` — AbraCadaver, Jan 31 '18 at 18:59
disable property of course, but we are try get password, not email — jjoselon, Jan 31 '18 at 19:01
To @AbraCadaver's comment.. from [input#disabled](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input#attr-disabled): _"[...] a disabled control's value isn't submitted with the form."_ — FirstOne, Jan 31 '18 at 19:01
Really? What are you trying to get here: `&& $rname!="" && $remail!=""` ? — AbraCadaver, Jan 31 '18 at 19:04
Your form doesn't prompt for cpwd and thus the if statement is never true. — Alex Howansky, Jan 31 '18 at 19:11
I can able to get the variable pwd, but the name and email id which was extracted from the php code and embedded on the form text boxes are not able to pick up in the POST method — Manikandan Raghavan, Jan 31 '18 at 19:29
Also, disabled input fields do not get send in form POST data. https://stackoverflow.com/a/7357314/5749295 — Ice76, Jan 31 '18 at 19:35
@Ice76, Thanks for your information. the variables $email and $name is extracted from the database when the form is loading. As you have clearly mentioned the disabled input field can't throw the variables in the POST method. I have used the tag such as to resolve the issue. Again Thanks for your valuable time. — Manikandan Raghavan, Feb 01 '18 at 10:18

Ice76 · Answer 1 · 2018-01-31T19:35:58.300

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You are not receiving the fields because disabled form fields do not get sent with the request

You also have a typo:

Change

$rname = $_POST["name"]);

To

$rname = $_POST["name"];

edited Jan 31 '18 at 19:35

answered Jan 31 '18 at 19:01

Ice76

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I tried both the way : $rname = $_POST["name"]); and $rname = $_POST["name"];, its not picking up – Manikandan Raghavan Jan 31 '18 at 19:27
@ManikandanRaghavan reading the other comments, there are a few problems. look through them and make the fixes – Ice76 Jan 31 '18 at 19:28
@ManikandanRaghavan when you disable an input field, it does not get sent. – Ice76 Jan 31 '18 at 19:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '18 at 10:22

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As you have clearly mentioned the disabled input field can't throw the variables in the POST method. I have used the tag such as to resolve the issue. Thanks all for your valuable time.

answered Feb 01 '18 at 10:22

Manikandan Raghavan

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$_POST function is called but form variables are not passing on

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