input value is not passed when save

[hongmei]

Hello,
I have a text item named "taskname" in HTML and I entered a value "test" into this text box and clicked submit form button. When I click the submit button, it will call a submitdata.php which insert a new record into the database. I used $taskname as a column value when doing the insert. It should insert "test" into a field in the database table. But it did insert anything in the table. Then I found out the $taskname has empty value with it when I click the submit button. Why does this happen? What should I do to assure that I get the correct value from the user input text box and save into the database.

Thanks
hongmei

[jpmoriarty]

depending on whether your form is POSTing or GETting you could get to it using $POST['taskname'] or $GET['taskname']

[hongmei]

Still not working. I tried to print
echo $_POST['$taskname'];

it even didnot print anything.

hongmei

[jpmoriarty]

yes, but you cant blame me for that since that's not what i told you to put.

Yours = echo $POST['$taskname'];
mine = echo $POST['taskname'];

There is no $ in mine.

[hongmei]

John,

Thank you very much for your help!
It worked after I took the $.
I was able to insert record into the database.

Hongmei