Newbie question about Forms

dodervang

Hi.

My first post here and I am a true Newbie when it comes to PHP.
I use the following code in my index.php:

<?php

Print "Kasettnummer: ";
Print "<input type=text name=kasettnummer size=1>";
Print "<BR>";
Print "<input type=submit value='Search'>";

and so on.....

My question is now how I can put the text in the textbox in a variable on recieving_file.php. I know that the form send all the info to recieving_file.php but how do I access them, and put them in a variable?

// Daniel

pyro

Fist of all, your form doesn't need to be in PHP, simple HTML will work. Next, in the PHP that is receiving your form, what you need to do to access the form options is something like this.

This is your form on you .htm page.

<form method="POST" action="recieving_file.php">
<input type=text name=kasettnummer size=1>
<input type=submit value='Search'>

and you receiving_file.php

<?PHP
echo $kasettnummer;
?>

That will print the value of kasettnummer to the screen. hth...

dodervang

Thanks for your reply....
...but it doesn´t work.

If I take your code, nothing is displayed on recieving_file.php

dodervang

I fixed it!

I used:

<?PHP

print $_POST[kasettnummer];

pyro

hmmm..should have worked...Maybe you needed this

<?PHP
echo "$kasettnummer";
?>

Anyway, glad you found a solution.