Form Help

[LegendOfNoob]

i would like to host and make my own form i know i knwo freedback
they radomly banned me i have the same coding as when i got it and didnt change...
how would i go about doing this i laready made my contact us form but this may be a bit harder i need to do like
(short)Habbo Name:
(short)Email:
(short)Program Used
(drop Down)Applying For:
(long)Qualifications:
(long)Why Should We Hire You?
and then i'm used to feedback could i have ip details sent in with apps?

[Frog!]

You do a hidden form for the IP

<input type="hidden" id="" name="" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]; ?>" />

[Invent]

<input type="hidden" id="" name="" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]; ?>" />

Never, ever, ever...ever do that.

[LegendOfNoob]

why? :S

[Beau]

In the case of hiding an IP input, don't, because simply, there is no point. You can just call for $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] when you process the script, it's not going to change.

Hidden inputs are fine for passing things such as IDs to other pages though.

[DeejayMachoo$]

Never, ever, ever...ever do that.

wouldnt it be better to do it in the sql query?

[Beau]

wouldnt it be better to do it in the sql query?

That's what I trying to get across above ^^

Before someone bites my head off for saying it's fine, obviously if you don't check it's a valid ID, or whether a certain user has permission to do stuff with the ID, you're in trouble. Bottom rule, even if it's defined by you (dropdowns, hidden form inputs etc), sanitize it!

[Invent]

If the IP used was read from the form then it is bad. That's because you can use memory editors/livebug/etc to alter input forms to any value you like.

[Jamie.]

If the IP used was read from the form then it is bad. That's because you can use memory editors/livebug/etc to alter input forms to any value you like.

could of swore the was a way of doing that through url i may be wrong :S

[Beau]

could of swore the was a way of doing that through url i may be wrong :S

If the form is using GET instead of POST, you can change the values of the form fields. However, if you're not sanitizing your GET inputs, you're asking for trouble.