frustration

[mariozo]

Hi!
Can you help me with this trivial problem?
I'm a beginner...
So, what I wanted to do was a use simple form that on submission passes some variables to the second page that displays the data exactly in the same drop-down menus, with selections highlighted as in the first page. The purpose of course is to ask the user if this is correct. If it is, then he/she can submit, or correct and send to verify again.
I don't want to just display what was entered using echo-it's too easy.

I tried to display variables from the first page, but the php or HTML will not recognize them, and they are being displayed as "$variable" rather than its value.
Thanks for your help!

[Anon]

Dumb question: Have you been able to run any php code at all? For example, phpinfo();

Secondly, you haven't provided enough information for us to help you find your problem. Show us your code.

[Anon]

...although two things I'd check first is that (a) the file is being treated by the server as a PHP page (usually this means it has .php or similar as an extension), and (b) the $variable is wrapped in PHP escapes viz: <?php echo $variable?>.