$ _POST [“visible”]标记为未定义索引[重复]

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I'm working on a PHP project, where I have the following form to submit:

<h2>Create Subject</h2>
   <form action="create_subject.php" method="post">
       <p>Subject name:
           <input type="text" name="menu_name" value="" />
       </p>
       <p>Position:
           <select name="position">
               <?php
               $subject_set = find_all_subjects();
               $subject_count = mysqli_num_rows($subject_set);
               for ($count=1; $count <= ($subject_count + 1); $count++) {
                   echo "<option value=\"{$count}\">{$count}</option>";
               }
               ?>
           </select>
       </p>
       <p>Visible:
           <input type="radio" name="visible" value="0" /> No
           &nbsp;
           <input type="radio" name="visible" value="1" /> Yes 
       </p>
       <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Subject" />
    </form>`

In the create_subject.php (where the form action takes place), I have some validation, which looks like:

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    // Process the form
    $menu_name = mysql_prep($_POST["menu_name"]);
    $position = (int) $_POST["position"];
    $visible = (int) $_POST["visible"];

    //validations
    $required_fields = array("menu_name", "position", "visible");
    validate_presences($required_fields);

    $fields_with_max_lengths = array("menu_name" => 30);
    validate_max_lengths($fields_with_max_lengths);

    if(!empty($errors)) {
        $_SESSION["errors"] = $errors;
        redirect_to("new_subject.php");
    }

where the validate presence should function as check if the fields are empty and looks like:

function validate_presences($required_fields) {
    global $errors;
    foreach ($required_fields as $field) {
        $value = trim($_POST[$field]);
        if (!has_presence($value)) {
            $errors[$field] = fieldname_as_text($field)." can't be blank";
        }
    }
}

But when I submit the form with missing data, instead of redirecting back to the previous page and listing all the errors stored in a session, I get the following error messages:

• Notice: Undefined index: visible in /Users/eak/Sites/widget_corp/public/create_subject.php on line 10

• Notice: Undefined index: visible in /Users/eak/Sites/widget_corp/includes/validation_functions.php on
  line 22

• Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at
  /Users/eak/Sites/widget_corp/public/create_subject.php:10) in
  /Users/eak/Sites/widget_corp/includes/functions.php on line 4

So the output started at where the $_POST["visible"] was detected as undefined. What can be the solution here?

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Answer 1

The solution is very simple. As you said $_POST["visible"] is undefined, simply use the following code block to handle the same.

if (isset($_POST["visible"])) {
    //Handle the null condition
}

EDIT: As per your comment, you have a function to handle the said issue, but its called after you have used the value. Check below comments:

    $menu_name = mysql_prep($_POST["menu_name"]);
    $position = (int) $_POST["position"];
    $visible = (int) $_POST["visible"];  // YOU USED THIS VALUE - ERROR ALREADY OCCURRED HERE

    //validations
    $required_fields = array("menu_name", "position", "visible");  //AND THEN YOU PERFORMED VALIDATION-- CALL THIS BEFORE HAND
    validate_presences($required_fields);