Session expired. Please register again. "; exit(); } $entry = $_SESSION['competition_entry']; $error = ""; // --- Form submitted --- if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') { $entered_otp = trim($_POST['otp']); $stored_otp = $entry['otp']; $otp_expiry = $entry['otp_expiry']; // Check expiry if (time() > $otp_expiry) { $error = "Your OTP has expired. Please register again."; unset($_SESSION['competition_entry']); } // Check match elseif ($entered_otp !== (string)$stored_otp) { $error = "Invalid OTP. Please try again."; } else { // ✅ OTP Verified — Insert into DB try { $stmt = $conn->prepare(" INSERT INTO competition_entries (competition_id, name, email, phone, message, otp_verified, payment_status) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1, 'Pending') "); $stmt->bind_param( "issss", $entry['competition_id'], $entry['name'], $entry['email'], $entry['phone'], $entry['message'] ); $stmt->execute(); $stmt->close(); // Clean session + redirect unset($_SESSION['competition_entry']); session_write_close(); header("Location: /competition_success.php"); exit(); } catch (Exception $e) { $error = "Database error: " . htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()); } } } ?>

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