Method=Post seems to be broken

maxwave

Hi there, this is more of an broken HTML issue. When executing the following, the $Array[fname] variable doesn't transfer over. What am I doing wrong?

<!-- portion of form.html -->
<form action="HandleForm.php" method=post>
First Name <input type=text name="fname" size=20><br>
<input type=SUBMIT name="SUBMIT" value="Submit!">

 /* portion of HandleForm.php */
<?php PRINT ("Greetings $fname, thank you for filling out our form.<BR>\n"; ?>

stolzyboy

why are you using an array for a single input box

maxwave

Sorry about that, i just copied that code from somewhere.

Even if I just use:
name="fname"
and
Greetings $fname
it doesn't work.

By the way the result I get is:
Greetings , thank you for filling out our form.

The name is missing. I can't explain why.

rinjani

Perhaps register_globals is off. In that case you would need to access the variable $fname from the post array like this:

$_POST['fname'] rather than $fname.

HTH

rinjani

maxwave

register_globals is definitely off.

I'm a bit confuse by your suggestion. Do I use $_POST['fname'] in my HandleForm.php page?

I tried :
Greetings $_POST['fname']
but that gave me errors.

Thanks, i feel that I am two inches away from the answer. You guys are great.

rinjani

Maxwave,

First I would make sure that you are getting an array of data sent back to you.

One way is to change the POST to GET in the form and see if the data is actually being submitted properly.

Assuming it is then check in your PHP page the contents of the POST/GET array:

while($x = each($_POST))
{
echo "$x[0] => $x[1]<BR>";
}

and you should get a print out of the form data.

If that is working then you should be able to refernce the variable fname by using:

echo $_POST['fname'];

(or GET if you are using GET in the form).

rinjani

stolzyboy

you may have to use this

$HTTP_POST_VARS["variable"]

maxwave

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

I took a while to reply because I forgot the close parenthesis on my print() statement .

You guys are awesome.

Much thanks to rinjani and stolzyboy. 🙂 😃 🆒