Undefined variable

[cheeves]

I'm trying to get started using PHP but even the simple scripts aren't working

Page1 had the following form:-

<FORM ACTION="page2.php3" METHOD=POST>
<INPUT NAME="name" TYPE="text">
<INPUT TYPE="submit">
</FORM>

on page2.php3 I have thwe following line

<?php echo $name?>

and I get the following error

Notice: Undefined variable: name in G:\PHP\sessiondata\page2.php3 on line 9

Could someone help before I go mad
Thanks

[cheeves]

I got this sorted

$_POST["name"];

I don't really understand why this happened but I'm sure I'll find out in time 😃

[haans]

anyone figure out why need echo $_POST["name"]; instead?

Please update.

Cheers

[corsc]

The reason that <? echo $name; ?> is not working that the 'Register Globals' option in the php.ini file is turned off.

With this setting your best option is to use the $_POST[ 'name' ], variable, if you prefer $name then change the Register Globals option to 'on'.

Hope this helps,

[cheeves]

; You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require
; register_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily lead
; to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of.
register_globals = On

Above is what is in my php.ini file

but I also have a php.ini file in the following folder
\php-4.2.3-Win32\pear\tests

would this make a diference?

cheeves

[corsc]

I am not certain but I am pretty sure that the ini in the pear directory is for PEAR only and has no bearing on default/normal php installs.