Posting Variables from one page to another....

smp

Hi,

I am trying to follow a simple example for posting variables from one web page to another....I was hoping someone might be able to explain what this error means to me!

this is where i pass my variable name:

<html>
<head><title>Testing Vars </title></head>

<body>

<a href="welcome.php?$name=Kevin">Hi, I'm Kevin! </a>

</body>
</html>

and this is where i am getting my error:

<html>
<head><title>Welcome Page</title></head>

<body>

<?
echo ("Welcome to our Web Site, $_GET['name']!");
?>

</body>
</html>

this is what the error says:

Notice: Undefined index: 'name' in E:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allnorth_test\welcome.php on line 10
Welcome to our Web Site, !

I know this is a very simple example, but i have to figure this out in order to apply it to what i am doing....in which i am getting the same errors only there is so much code that i cannot figure it out!!

i hope someone can help,
thanks.

tuf-web_co_uk

change

<?
echo ("Welcome to our Web Site, $_GET['name']!");
?>

<?
echo ("Welcome to our Web Site, $name");
?>

i tried that and it works fine

smp

i did try that first, and i still get the same error, i thought maybe my global variables weren't set to on, so i tried $_GET instead, but that didn't work either...

any other suggestions?

thanks

darfbobo

This is your problem:

<a href="welcome.php?$name=Kevin">Hi, I'm Kevin! </a>

You need to kill the "$" in front of 'name' in the URL.

Also, in the following line:

echo ("Welcome to our Web Site, $_GET['name']!");

...you don't need the single quotes in $_GET['name'] since it's already in quotes.

Try fixing those two things, then you should be good to go.

~Brian

smp

yeah...that was it!!

thanks again

darfbobo

You're welcome... 😉

~Brian