New PHP'er-- is there somthing I missed in this simple code??

Etinfall

Ok, here goes. I run a Mac g4, dual 1 ghtz fast machine. I have loaded php onto it and can test my php pages. when I do a "<?php phpinfo() ?>" I get the PHP info . When I do a regular "print" it works fine.

But when I try to use a form and variablesI can't get the data to the handler page. here is what I have:

Form

<html>
<head>
<title>My Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="bad_words.php" method=post>
My name is:
<br> <input type="text" name="YourName">
<p> My favorite dirty word is:
<br><input type="text" name="FavoriteWord">
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter My Data!">
</form>
</body>
_</html>
</body>
</html>

and the fomhandler

</head>

<p>You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

</body>
</html>

All I get is a white page with Hi(blank)---You like the word !?!(blank)---You oughta be ashamed of your self. I know this is trivial(and corny) but its just a tutorial. I need to find out why this is not working so i can continue😉

any help...
Thanks,
Etinfall

Etinfall

When I switch post to get, I can see the data in the url. So, it's making it that far, just not onto the page.Grrrrrr

Etinfall

juxstapose

I tried your example and it worked perfectly which leads me to think that this is a php config issue.

killerbishop

You can't normally access global variables in PHP as of version 4.2.x - so instead, access those variables using the super-globals:

<p> 
Hi <?=$_REQUEST['YourName']?>

The super-global $_REQUEST contains both the GET and POST variables. Also, I use the shorthand notation for simple print() statements like your using, you can do:

<?=$variable?>

to output variables in PHP without doing:

<?php print $variable ?>

niklang

Please say you've sorted it! I'm going mad now!

If anyone has any ideas i think we would both be very appreciative.

Thanks

toma42

This is the easiest way to fix it but there are a lot of issues involved with making this change.

In the php.ini, set
register_globals = On
(yours is probably set to Off) Don't forget to restart the httpd server after making this change.

This will put the posted form variables in global scope automaticly. As mentioned by previous posters, using the $_REQUEST array is a safer way to do it.

chads2k2

Call me retarted but check this out::

<?php
echo"$YourName";
?>

That will echo out the name. Or if you want to use print your way you can do.

<?php
print"$YourName";
?>
As far as I know you need to have the " signs in there because it doesn't know what to print. Or something like that. If it still doesn't work then bring back your code again.
Lata.

Chad

Etinfall

</head>

Hi <?php echo"$YourName"; ?> <br>
You like the word <?php echo"$FavoriteWord"; ?> <br>

You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

</body>
</html>

This is my current code. All it does is shows

Hi
You like the word
You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

thats it, If I run the php info test it shows the details of php, but I really don;t understand any of it.

Thanks for your help🙂

Etinfall
Oh Yeah, here is the form code that corresponds to the bad_words page

_<form action="bad_words.php" method=post>

My name is:
<br> <input type="text" name="$YourName">

<p> My favorite dirty word is:
<br><input type="text" name="$FavoriteWord">
<p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Enter My Data!">
</form>

</body>
</html>

The_Chancer

Just a quick note.. and a reworking of your HTML form code...

<html>
<head>
<title>Bad Words Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name=form1 method=post action=answers.php>
Input your name<input type=text name=yourname>
Input your fav. word<input type=text name=favouriteword>
<input type=submit name=submit value=Go>
</form>
</body>
</html>

----------------answers.php-----------------

<?php
print("This is what you put: <br />
Your name is $yourname <br />
Your word is $favouriteword <br />");
?>

----------end of PHP file------------

You shouldn't really name your HTML form input values $something...

V0oD0o

Sorted it?

If not put:


$YourName = $_GET["YourName"];

$FavoriteWord = $_GET["FavoriteWord"];

at the top of the page, if you are using method="POST", then change the $GET to $POST

Cheers,

Mike