data from form to variable

supinum

I want to enter a digit in at formfield and when submiting the entered value I want a variable to record it. I gave it a try but it doesnt seem to work:

<form method="post" name="form2" action="show.php">
<?php
print ("<input type=text name=\"find\" value\"$nuffra\">\n");
print ("<input type=submit name=submit value=\"valj post\">\n");
?>
</form>
<?php
print ("the digit is: $nuffra");

regards david

Weedpacket

It's because you've called the field "find", not "nuffra".

<form method="post" name="form2" action="show.php">

<input type="text" name="nuffra" value"<?php echo $_POST['nuffra']?>">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="valj post">
</form>

<?php

print ("the digit is: ".$_POST['nuffra']);

(assuming that this file is show.php)

jayant

Originally posted by Weedpacket
It's because you've called the field "find", not "nuffra".
...
(assuming that this file is show.php)

one mistake both of u did:
it should be value=".... not value"...

<form method="post" name="form2" action="show.php">

<input type="text" name="nuffra" value="<?php echo $_POST['nuffra']?>">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="valj post">
</form>

<?php

print ("the digit is: ".$_POST['nuffra']);

Mordecai

Unrelated but useful information to anyone who might view this:
If you are using POST method to send the form, variables are gathered through $POST["variablename"].
If you are using GET, variables are gathered through $GET["variablename"].
In addition, you can also use $HTTP_POST_VARS and $HTTP_GET_VARS, respectively.

supinum

I am terribly sorry but I still dont get it to work.
I tried another version:

<html>
<head>
<title>show.php</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>

<form method="post" name="form2" action="show.php"> 

<?php print("<input type="text" name="nuffra" value="echo $_POST ['nuffra']">") ?>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="valj post"> 
</form> 

<?php 

print_( "the digit is: " .$_POST ['nuffra' ]); ?>
</body>
</html>

but this does not work either.😕