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Title : Calculate Body Mass Index
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Murray Moffatt
Date : Feb 13th 2005
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<?php
/*
  Description: Body Mass Index Calculator

  Author: Murray Moffatt for A Web 4 U Designs

  Notes: Originally written for use on CarolynGibson.com

  History:
    2003-04-?? : Initial coding.
    2005-02-13 : Remove extra CarolynGibson.com HTML and make
      stand-alone for publishing on WeberDev.com.
    2005-02-16 : Get $step variable from $_POST and add a
      "Go Back" option at the end.
*/
?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Body Mass Index</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="author" content="A Web 4 U Designs - www.aweb4u.co.nz">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<h3>Body Mass Index (BMI)</h3>
<?php
$step
= $_POST["step"];
if (
$step == "") {
?>
<p>The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a formula used to estimate the proportion
  of your body that consists of fat. It is currently the best guide for
  calculating a healthy weight range for people aged between 20 and 65.</p>
<p>Do you want to work in metric (centimetres and kilograms) or imperial
  (inches and pounds)?</p>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post" name="unitsForm" id="unitsForm">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2">
    <tr>
      <td align="left"><input name="units" type="radio" value="metric" checked>
        Metric</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="left"><input type="radio" name="units" value="imperial">
        Imperial</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Next ->">
        <input name="step" type="hidden" id="step" value="1">
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
<?php
}
if (
$step == "1") {
 
$units = $_POST["units"];
?>
<p>Type your weight and height measurements into the boxes below:</p>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post" name="inputForm" id="inputForm">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2">
    <tr>
      <td align="right"><b>Your weight:</b></td>
      <td align="left"><input name="weight" type="text" id="weight" size="6" maxlength="6">
        <?php if ($units == "metric") echo " kilos"; else echo "pounds"; ?>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="right"><b>Your height:</b></td>
      <td align="left"><input name="height" type="text" id="height" size="6" maxlength="6">
        <?php if ($units == "metric") echo " cm (i.e. 177 is 1.77 meters)"; else echo " inches (i.e. 67 is 5 feet 7 inches)"; ?>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input name="step" type="hidden" id="step" value="2">
        <input name="units" type="hidden" id="units" value="<?php echo $units; ?>">
      </td>
      <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Next ->">
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
<?php
}
if (
$step == "2") {
 
$units = $_POST["units"];
 
$weight = $_POST["weight"];
 
$height = $_POST["height"];

  if (!
IsValidNumber($weight, ".", 2, 1, 999)) {
    echo
"<p>The weight measurement you entered, \"$weight\", is invalid.<br>";
    echo
"Please enter a number between 1 and 999, optionally with up to two decimal places.<br>";
    echo
"For example <b>90.5</b> is 90 and a half, <b>105.25</b> is 105 and a quarter.</p>";
    echo
"<p>Please press Back on your browser and try again.</p>";
    die(
"</body></html>");
  }
 
  if (!
IsValidNumber($height, ".", 2, 1, 999)) {
    echo
"<p>The height measurement you entered, \"$height\", is invalid.<br>";
    echo
"Please enter a number between 1 and 999, optionally with up to two decimal places.<br>";
    echo
"For example <b>90.5</b> is 90 and a half, <b>105.25</b> is 105 and a quarter.</p>";
    echo
"<p>Please press Back on your browser and try again.</p>";
    die(
"</body></html>");
  }

  if (
$units == "metric") {
   
$height = $height / 100; // Convert from centimeters to meters
   
$bmi = round($weight / ($height * $height), 1);
   
$height = $height * 100; // Convert back to centimeters
 
} else {
   
$heightcm = ($height * 2.54) / 100; // Convert from inches to meters
   
$weightkilo = $weight * 0.4536; // Convert from pounds to kilos
   
$bmi = round($weightkilo / ($heightcm * $heightcm), 1);
  }
?>
<p>According to your height of <?php echo $height; ?>
  <?php if ($units == "metric") echo "cm"; else echo "inches"; ?>
  and weight of <?php echo $weight; ?>
  <?php if ($units == "metric") echo "kilograms"; else echo "pounds"; ?>
  your Body Mass Index is <b><?php echo $bmi; ?></b>.</p>
<p>The answer that you get with this equation is NOT your weight but is
  the factor that is used to establish your healthy weight range.</p>
<p>A Body Mass Index of <?php echo $bmi; ?> indicates that
<?php
 
if ($bmi < 20) {
    echo
" you are underweight.";
  }
  if (
$bmi >= 20 and $bmi <= 24.9) {
    echo
" your weight is within the ideal range.";
  }
  if (
$bmi >= 25 and $bmi <= 26.9) {
    echo
" you are slightly overweight.";
  }
  if (
$bmi > 27) {
    echo
" you are overweight and at risk of weight-related problems.";
  }
?>
</p>
<p><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?>">Go Back</a><p>
<?php
}

function
IsValidNumber($number, $decimal = null, $dec_prec = null, $min = null, $max = null) {
  if (
is_array($number)) {
   
extract($number);
  }
 
$dec_prec   = $dec_prec ? "{1,$dec_prec}" : '+';
 
$dec_regex  = $decimal  ? "[$decimal][0-9]$dec_prec" : '';
  if (!
preg_match("|^[-+]?\s*[0-9]+($dec_regex)?\$|", $number)) {
    return
false;
  }
  if (
$decimal != '.') {
   
$number = strtr($number, $decimal, '.');
  }
 
$number = (float)$number;
  if (
$min !== null && $min > $number) {
    return
false;
  }
  if (
$max !== null && $max < $number) {
    return
false;
  }
  return
true;
}
?>
</body>
</html>



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 matthew waygood wrote : 1274
You are using $_POST but expect step to be passed as a GLOBAL variable.
Change $step to $_POST[`step`] to get this to work.
 
 matthew waygood wrote : 1275
you could also include a BACK button

&lt;form action="&lt;?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?&gt;" method="post"&gt; 
&lt;input name="step" type="hidden" id="step" value="&lt;?php echo ($_POST[`step`]-1); ?&gt;"/&gt; 
&lt;input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Previous -&lt;"/&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
 
 Joseph Crawford wrote :1276
yes he is expecting $step to be a global variable, but what about the chances it works on his end because he has register_globals = on in his php.ini.  Generally this is a bad thing to do but yet still so many people do it.