Passing variables between forms?

furious5

I'll admit I haven't touched PHP for some time but I am really struggling with passing simple variables in between 2 pages.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong.

Here is the first page:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<FORM ACTION="result.php" METHOD="get">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="name" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="pass" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" VALUE="Create Your Account">
</FORM>
</body>
</html>

The code I am using on the next page to print the variables is this:

<?php
echo "$name";
echo "$pass";
?>

When I run this I get the following error:

Notice: Undefined variable: name in d:\apache\apache\htdocs\result.php on line 2

Notice: Undefined variable: pass in d:\apache\apache\htdocs\result.php on line 3

I am totally stumped - any ideas?

eternalprophet

On the .php page, add this to the beginning after the <?php stuff

$pass = $HTTP_POST_VARS['pass'];
$name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];

basically it is assigning the value in the fields name and pass to the variables $pass and $name by posting it from one page to the other. instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS, you can also use $_POST if you have superglobals turned on.

Sorry if my explanation sucks, but it should work.

eternalprophet

<?php
$pass = $HTTP_POST_VARS['pass'];
$name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];
echo "$name";
echo "$pass";
?>

that should be the final php page unless I am mistaken

furious5

Ah yes, HTTP_POST_VARS of course.

My next problem is that I am getting this error:

Notice: Undefined index: pass in d:\apache\apache\htdocs\result.php on line 2

Notice: Undefined index: name in d:\apache\apache\htdocs\result.php on line 3

furious5

I think this could be to do with the way php.ini is currently set up, it is set to:

error_reporting = E_ALL; display all errors, warnings and notices

Can anyone advise me on the best setting?

furious5

Problem solves now using: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE in php.ini and have switched the form to post to the php page.

jimson

To : furios5
em, I wonder why you put your php.file in the apache htdocs folder
which was seen by your error notice

d:\apache\apache\htdocs\result.php

you can set virtual host in the apache in the httpd.conf using server value like 127.0.0.2 to a folder example d:\myproject so your project will be more managed.