I have created a form that contains fields used to accept a floating value as input. My goal is to be able to store these values in a DB and use them later on. Everything I've tried so far has resulted in failure.
I have tried changing the input field type from text to number, float, and even number with a small step size. It seems that when I request the value of the field with php and then send it to my DB, something goes wrong and stores only the nearest whole number. Ideas?
My form code is:
<form name ="chemAdd" action="submitChemData.php" method="POST" id="chemData">
<fieldset>
<legend>Chemical Information</legend>
<label for="chemName">Chemical Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="chemName" />
<label for="chemFormula">Molecular Formula:</label>
<input type="text" name="chemFormula" />
</fieldset>
<br />
<fieldset>
<legend>Antoine Constants</legend>
<label for="A">A:</label>
<input type="number" name="A" size="10" min="0" max="9999" step="0.00000001" />
<label for="B">B:</label>
<input type="float" name="B" size="10"/>
<label for="C">C:</label>
<input type="text" name="C" size="10"/>
<br /><br />
<label for="unitT">Unit (Temperature):</label>
<select name="unitT" >
<option value="K">Kelvin</option>
<option value="C">Celcius</option>
<option value="F">Fahrenheit</option>
</select>
<label for="unitP">Unit (Pressure):</label>
<select name="unitP" >
<option value="P">Pascal</option>
<option value="Hg">mm Hg</option>
<option value="bar">bar</option>
</select>
</fieldset>
<br />
<fieldset>
<legend>Reference Information</legend>
<label for="Tmin">Temp. Minimum:</label>
<input type="float" name="Tmin" size="10"/>
<label for="Tmax">Temp. Maximum:</label>
<input type="float" name="Tmax" size="10"/>
<br /><br />
<label for="Reference">Reference:</label>
<input type="text" name="Reference" size="60"/>
</fieldset>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Add to Database" id="submit" />
</form>
</form>
My PHP code is:
require_once 'dbConnectChem.php';
$name = trim(strtoupper($_REQUEST['chemName']));
$formula= trim(strtoupper($_REQUEST['chemFormula']));
$A = $_REQUEST['A'];
$B = $_REQUEST['B'];
$C = $_REQUEST['C'];
$unitT = $_REQUEST['unitT'];
$unitP = $_REQUEST['unitP'];
$Tmin = $_REQUEST['Tmin'];
$Tmax = $_REQUEST['Tmax'];
$Reference = $_REQUEST['Reference'];
//INSERT Query
mysql_query("INSERT INTO Antoine (Name,Formula,A,B,C,unit_T,unit_P,Tmin,Tmax,Reference) VALUES ('{$name}','{$formula}','{$A}','{$B}','{$C}','{$unitT}','{$unitP}','{$Tmin}','{$Tmax}','{$Reference}') ")
or die(mysql_error());