form problem

[descha00]

Hi,

I'm new to PHP and try to learn. I know well Java and C so at first sight it doesn't seems too hard. But I bug on a basic code and can't make it work.

Here's my index.html:

<form name="fm1" action="action.php" method="get">
<input type="text" name ="clientname" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

Then my action.php file:

<p>The name typed in the box was <?=$clientname?></p>

But my output is: "The name typed in the box was"
Looks like it doesn't recognize the php tags. But when I replaced <?=$clientname?> with <?php echo "test"?>, it ouputed at least "The name typed in the box was test"

Can someone help me? Could it be a problem with the server? I'm running on my ISP server, which confirmed me PHP was enabled.

Thanks a lot for your help.

[chingwaah]

try

<p>The name typed in the box was <?php echo $HTTP_GET_VARS['clientname']?></p

[descha00]

It works !!!

Thanks a lot. I more question. Why?

I means I took this line out of a php course. Can it be the php version? Can it be the setting of my ISP since I'm running my test on my ISP server?

Thanks again for your answer(s).

[chingwaah]

<input type="text" name ="clientname" />

"clientname" is a form variable, passed to server via $HTTP_XXX_VARS.

$clientname is php, server-side variable