My First PHP Form

aricle

Hello Everyone,

This is my first time posting and my first time working with PHP. I am teaching myself using the tutorial located here at webmonkey.

I'm having trouble with the first form the tutorial has you create. I'm running Apache 1.3. I was successfully able to view the PHPinfo page so I know PHP is installed and working. Listed below are the form and script that I have created. Any insight on to why it is not working would be appreciated. Below the form and script is a description of the problem.

Form:

My name is:
<br> <input type="text" name="Name">

<p>My favorite sci-fi/fantasy tv show is:
<br> <input type="text" name="Show">
<p>

</body>
</html>

Script:

</head>

<p>You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

</body>
</html>

On submit the information that is put in the form is not displayed at all on the script page. The page simply reads:

Hi,

You like the show !?!

You oughta be ashamed of yourself!

siwis

A lot of the "older" tutorials are based on outdated versions of PHP. The chances are, the one you've used assumes a setting for register_globals of ON. In this more security conscious age, it is far wiser to assume that register_globals is OFF and create your code accordingly.

Therefore, the references you need to echo are:

either;
$POST['fieldname'];
or
$HTTP_POST_VARS['fieldname'];
or for a form using GET as its method
either;
$GET['fieldname'];
or
$HTTP_GET_VARS['fieldname'];

Thus your script section should be:

<html> 
<head> 
<title>Perv!</title> 

</head> 

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> 

<p>Hi <?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['Name']; ?></p>
<p>You like the show <b><?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['Show']; ?>!?!</b></p>
<p>You oughta be ashamed of yourself!</p>

</body> 
</html>