problem with POST

puk

Hi all, i'm working from a book trying to learn PHP, using a very simple script to pass variable from one form to output on another page but somehow this doesn't seem to work. My code:

<HTML>

<BODY>
<H1>Learnin Php</H1>
<p>Bung in yer name</p>
<FORM NAME='frmJobApp' Method=POST ACTION="jobapp_action.php">
If your here, then you prolly shouldn't be and realise how lame i am at php, so sod off.<BR><BR>
<INPUT NAME="applicant" TYPE="text"><BR><BR>
<INPUT NAME="enter" TYPE="submit" VALUE="Enter">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

and the code for the processed page:

<HTML>

<BODY>
<p>Welcome <?php echo($applicant); ?>!</p>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I get the error:

Notice: Undefined variable: applicant in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\phptest\jobapp_action.php on line 4
!

but i defined it! so i'm guessing its somet i've done on the install? the index.php file works, i'm using build of 4.3.0 and apache v1.1 (i think)

anyhow, any input would be good as its doing my nut, and yes i'm on a xp box, my fellow housemate who runs redhat and php user for serveral years who's just installed it all again is having the same issue so we're thinking is it the build? any known issues?

Cheers

-Matt

rIkLuNd

there is nothing wrong with the code... it's just that you have your php set to "Show all errors and notices"... =) you can change that in your php.ini...

bernouli

open your php.ini
replace error_reporting = E_ALL to error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

puk

Ok cheers, with that done i get no error but it still doesn't display the value passed from the previous page...

rIkLuNd

then maybe register_globals is set to off... this can be set to on in the php.ini, or you can use $_POST['applicant']...

bernouli

 <p>Welcome <?php echo($_POST['applicant']); ?>!</p>

puk

Cheers again bernouli and rIkLuNd but still no go, by either changing code or the php.ini so making me wonder perhaps a Apache problem?

Thoughts in that direction?
Ongoing thanks
-Matt

ctlsmite

Hey buddy, try this out:

First of all, you may have some problems with your HTML syntax:
<FORM NAME='frmJobApp' Method=POST ACTION="jobapp_action.php">

Try:
<form action="jobapp_action.php" name="frmJobApp" method="post">
...with double-quotes on all your declarations. Then in conjunction with this line:

Do a little PHP:
<? $applicant = $_POST['applicant']; ?>

...and from then on out, $applicant will contain the person's name for any other PHP operation you're doing like the echo that comes later.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

:rolleyes:

puk

Cheers ctlsmite, but still no output 🙁

If it helps anyone then you can view my files
http://puk.no-ip.com/phptest

Still wondering if this could be an apache problem, as no one I know can see anything wrong with the code itself.

Thanks for all this input,

-Matt