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    Default PHP Chat, on a Free hosting Forum

    I am trying to create a PHP chat on a free forum service (smfforfree).
    Here is a link to it:
    http://smctest.smfforfree3.com/pages/smctest/test.php

    There are two problems:
    1. When you click the Send Button, it brings you to the shout.php file.
    2. The shouts don't show up. Could that be because I am using the same database for another page?

    Here are the files I have:
    database.php
    Code:
    <?php
    $db_user = "3823_simchat";
    $db_pass = "--------------";
    $db_database = "3823_simchat";
    $db_host = "mysql";
    $db_connect = mysql_connect ($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass);
    $db_select = mysql_select_db ($db_database);
    ?>
    shout.php
    Code:
    <?php
    require("database.php");
    
    function secure($string){
    $string = strip_tags($string);
    $string = trim($string);
    $string = htmlspecialchars($string);
    $string = stripslashes($string);
    $string = mysql_real_escape_string($string);
    return $string;
    }
    
    $message = secure($_POST['msg']);
    $username = secure($_POST['postee']);
    
    if($message == ""){
    header("Location: shoutbox.php");
    exit;
    }
    
    $date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",time());
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO rawr(poster,message,date) VALUES('$username','$message','$date')") or trigger_error("Error querying database. Please contact the administrator.");
    header("Location: shoutbox.php");
    mysql_close($db_connect);
    ?>
    shoutbox.php
    Code:
    <?php
    require("database.php");
    
    $the_box = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `rawr` ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 0,40");
    $chat_rows = mysql_num_rows($the_box);
    
    if($chat_rows == 0){
    $Mess = "No Messages";
    }
    while($msz = mysql_fetch_array($the_box)){
    $Mess = $msz['poster'] . "(" . date('M jS, Y, g:i:s A',strtotime($msz['date']) - 5 * 60 * 60) . "): " . $msz['message'] . "<br />";
    }
    ?>
    
    var name = document.getElementsByTagName("span");
    for(v=0;v<name.length;v++){
    if(name[v].innerHTML.match(/Hello <b>(.*)<\/b>/i)){
    var Username = RegExp.$1;
    };};
    
    var Shoutbox = "";
    Shoutbox += "<form action='http://yort124.ulmb.com/smfshout/shout.php' method='POST'>";
    Shoutbox += "";
    Shoutbox += "<table width='500px'>";
    Shoutbox += "<tr><td width='100%' height='100px'>";
    Shoutbox += "<div style='overflow: auto; height: 300px; width: 100%; border: 1px solid black;' id='shoutarea'>";
    
    Shoutbox += "<?php echo $Mess; ?>";
    
    Shoutbox += "</div></td></tr>";
    Shoutbox += "<tr><td><textarea type='text' name='msg' width='100%'></textarea></td></tr>";
    Shoutbox += "<tr><td><input type='submit' name='submit' value='Send'><input type='button' onclick='javascript:window.location.reload();' value='Reload'/><input type='hidden' value='" + Username + "' name='postee'></td></tr>";
    Shoutbox += "</table>";
    Shoutbox += "</form>";
    
    document.write(Shoutbox);
    You will notice that in the shoutbox.php I use PHP and javascript.

    Anway, like I said above. When I click on the Send button, it sends me to the shout.php file.

    I know it is because of the header("Location: shoutbox.php"); part, but how would I make it so it sends the information, and still goes back to the page it is on?

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    Hmm...so no one knows how to fix the problem?

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