action:php
<?php
global $postdata;
require_once './handle_form.php';
ini_set ( 'allow_call_time_pass_reference','On');
ini_set ( 'detect_unicode','On');
ini_set ( 'display_errors','On');
ini_set ( 'error_reporting','6135');
ini_set ( 'magic_quotes_gpc','Off');
ini_set ( 'memory_limit','32M' );
ini_set ( 'open_basedir','httpdocs:/tmp');
ini_set ( 'output_buffering', 'On' );
$postdata = $_POST;
$target=process ();
/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
redirect($target);
exit
?>
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handle_form.php:
<?
require_once ('./auxfunctions.php');
require_once ('./mysqlfuns.php');
require_once ('./db_config.php');
 
function prepare_data() {
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	return $error;
}
 
function load_file() {
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	return false;
}
 
function load_db() {
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	return ($error);
}
 
function redirect($p)
	{
	/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
	header("Location: ".$p);
	exit ();
	}
 
function process() {
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	return $target;
 
}
?>

action.php:
<?php
global $postdata;
require_once './handle_form.php';
ini_set ( 'allow_call_time_pass_reference','On');
ini_set ( 'detect_unicode','On');
ini_set ( 'display_errors','On');
ini_set ( 'error_reporting','6135');
ini_set ( 'magic_quotes_gpc','Off');
ini_set ( 'memory_limit','32M' );
ini_set ( 'open_basedir','httpdocs:/tmp');
ini_set ( 'output_buffering', 'On' );
$postdata = $_POST;
$target=process ();
/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
redirect($target);
exit;
?>
handle_form.php:
<?
require_once ('./auxfunctions.php');
require_once ('./mysqlfuns.php');
require_once ('./db_config.php');
 
function prepare_data() {
	global $id, $frmId, $postdata, $hder, $record;
	$error = false;
	ini_set ( 'display_errors', 1 );
	error_reporting ( E_ALL & - E_NOTICE );
	
	/*generate date and time*/
	$date = date ( 'm/d/Y' );
	$time = date ( 'h:i:s A' );
	
	$frmId = $postdata['formId'];
	
	//Add record identifier
	$id_array = array ('RecId' => $id);
	$postdata = array_merge ( $id_array, $postdata );
	
	/* Extract email address and mail thank you*/
	
	if (array_key_exists ( 'email', $postdata )) {
		$email = $postdata ['email'];
		$to = $email;
		$subject = "Thank you for your response";
		$body = "Your prize will arrive shortly";
		mail ( $to, $subject, $body );
		array_delete_key('email',$postdata);
	}
	
	/* Clean out the 'submit' fields*/
	if(array_key_exists('submit',$postdata)){array_delete_item('submit',$postdata);}
	if(array_key_exists('submit_x',$postdata)){array_delete_item('submit_x',$postdata);}
	if(array_key_exists('submit_y',$postdata)){array_delete_item('submit_y',$postdata);}
	if(array_key_exists('process',$postdata)){array_delete_item('process',$postdata);}
 
	/* Add date and time field headers*/
	$postdata=array_merge($postdata,array('date'=>$date,'time'=>$time));
	
	$keys = array_keys ( $postdata );
	
	/*Header array -> comma delimited string + end of record mark*/
	$akeys=array();
	foreach ( $keys as $k )
	{
	    $akeys=array_merge($akeys,array(pad_with_quotes($k)));
	}
	$hder = implode ( $akeys, "," ) . "\n";
	
	$avals = array_values ( $postdata );
	
	/*Surround values with quotes*/
	
	$vals = array ( );
	foreach ( $avals as $v ) {
		$vals = array_merge ( $vals, array (pad_with_quotes ( $v ) ) );
	}
	/*Value array -> comma delimited strings + end of record mark*/
	$record = implode ( $vals, "," ) . "\n";
	
	return $error;
}
 
function load_file() {
	global $site, $frmId, $hder, $record, $doc_root;
	//data file name from formId
	$file_path =$doc_root'/al/newtest/_private';
	$filename = $frmId .'_Data.txt';
	$savepath = $file_path.'/'.$filename;
	//open data file for writing
	if (! file_exists($savepath)) {
		if (!file_put_contents ( $savepath, $hder, FILE_APPEND))
			{
			echo '<p> Error writing data header :'. $filename .'</p>';
			echo '<p> File path is: '.$savepath.'</p>';
			return true;}
		if (!file_put_contents($savepath, $record, FILE_APPEND))
			{
			echo '<p> Error writing data header :'. $filename .'</p>';
			echo '<p> File path is: '.$savepath.'</p>';
			return true;
			}
		}
		else 
		{
		if (!file_put_contents ( $savepath, $record, FILE_APPEND))
			{echo '<p> Error writing data to :'. $filename.' </p>';
			echo '<p> File path is: '.$savepath.'</p>';
			return true;}
			}
	return false;
}
 
function load_db() {
	global $frmId, $hder, $record;
	$error = false;
	$tableId = $frmId . '_Data.tab';
	/* Cant select the DB*/
	if (! sel_db ( DB_USER )) {
		$error = true;
		print ('Cant log into db.');
		return $error;
	}
	
	/*Insert data record into database*/
	if (! tables_exist ( DB_NAME )) {
		table_create ( $tableId, $hder );
		$data = escape_data ( $record );
		insert_into_table ( $tableId, $data );
	}
	return ($error);
}
 
function redirect($p)
	{
	/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
	echo 'About to set Location: $p'; 
	//header("Location: ".$p);
	exit ();
	}
 
function process() {
	global $postdata, $doc_root;
	global $id, $site;
	global $err_mess, $mess;
	$postdata=$_POST;
	$site = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'/httpdocs/al/newtest';
	$doc_root=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
	$mess = 'begin: ';
	$err_mess = '';
	$id = get_rand_id ( 12 );
	$erra = false;
	$errb = false;
	$errc = false;
	if (!prepare_data ()) {
		$mess .= ' + --data prep complete';
		if (!load_file ()) {
			$mess .= ' + --file loading complete';
			/*if(!load_db()&&$erra==false)
				{$mess.=' + db update complete';}
			else
				{$errc=true;$err_mess.=' + failure to load db';}*/
			}
			else 
		{
			$errb = true;
			$err_mess .= ' + failure to load file';
		}
	} 
	else 
	{
		$erra = true;
		$err_mess .= ' + failure in data prep';
	}
	if (($erra || $errb || $errc) == true) {
		$target = $site . "/landing_page.php?" . $id . "&" . $mess . "&" . $err_mess;
	} else {
		$target = $site . "/landing_page.php?" . $id . "&" . $mess;
	}
	$serpd=urlencode(serialize($postdata));
	$target = $target.'&'.$serpd;
	return $target;
}
?>

function redirect($p)
	{
	/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
	header("Location: ".$p);
	exit ();
	}