Undefined Variable

Hagaroo

I'm in the process of teaching myself PHP using both a Wrox and Peachpit Press book as reference, but keep getting the same error (Notice: Undefined variable: WebSites in c:\inetpub\wwwroot...) every time I attempt to use an HTML form to gather information and a PHP script to display it. This happens with examples from both books. That would seem to me to be a PHP setting problem, but I'm stumped. Here's the Wrox HTML code:

Name of file: textarea.html

<FORM ACTION="textarea.php" METHOD=POST>
What are your favourite web sites?
<TEXTAREA NAME="WebSites" COLS="50" ROWS="5">
[url]http://[/url]
[url]http://[/url]
[url]http://[/url]
[url]http://[/url]
</TEXTAREA>
<BR>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>

and the WROX PHP code:

Name of file: textarea.php

<?php
echo $WebSites;
?>

Also the Wrox book uses echo in a PHP script to print something on the screen, while the Peachpit Press book uses print. Which is correct, or more importantly the best practice. Thanks!

ir4z0r

please DON'T do crossposting!! :mad:

see answers in other sub forum

Hagaroo

Please accept my apologies. I initially posted in what I thought to be "Newbies", but it turned out to be the "General" area. When no one was viewing or answering my post, I thought that I was in error, or breaching forum protocol, by using the "General" area, so I reposted in the "Newbie" area. I'm relatively new to forums, so please excuse my faux pas and be assured that I'll take extra precautions the next time to ensure that I get it in the right area the first time.

ir4z0r

errr ... well ... okay 😃

you can be sure, if somebody knows an answer, he/she will post it.
if your topic doesn't fit 100%, no problem, you'll probably get an answer anyway

btw: the users listed on top of a sub forum don't read all the time threads,
some are surfing elsewhere, some are on toilet 😉 and others
have left some time ago and the board script hasn't timed them out.

suntra

Try

echo $_REQUEST["WebSites"]

instead of just $WebSites.