[Resolved] POST or GET does not work with my install of PHP Apache

gklinux

Hi,

I have installed Apache with PHP, it installed fine,
I can create HTML pages and use all functions.
But forms don't work.
For testing purposes, I tried viewing
$POST and $GET with a form :
they're empty.
Please help, I don't know what's wrong.
I can send you any more information you may need.

Thanks,

gklinux

stolzyboy

post some code you are using...

gklinux

sample test file I'm using:
<?
echo "<html>
<head>
<title><test form></title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" text=\"#000000\" link=\"#808040\" vlink=\"#808040\" alink=\"#808040\">";
echo "<form action=\"cf2.php\" method=\"get\">
<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"seenform\" value=\"y\">
Name:<br>
<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" size=\"15\" maxlength=\"30\" value=\"\"><br>
<input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\">
</form>";
echo "<h3>$name, Your comments have been added to the guestbook. </h3>";
echo "</body></html>";
?>

The configure command I used looks like:
'./configure' '--prefix=/usr/local/apache' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache/php' '--with-mysql'

Also, I ckecked my php.ini file, it's empty.
Is that the problem?

Thanks,

gklinux

stolzyboy

and you tried this line

echo "<h3>$name, Your comments have been added to the guestbook. </h3>";

like this

echo "<h3>" . $_GET['name'] . ", Your comments have been added to the guestbook. </h3>";

and yes, your php.ini should be filled

gklinux

It's me again.
I'll try that ( $_POST['name'] )
but what should my php.in file contain?

Thanks,

gklinux

stolzyboy

i have attached an example php.ini

gklinux

I get this error

Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/bayefsky/htdocs/cf2.php on line 13

when I try to access $POST['name'].

I have also copied php.ini-dist to php.ini
into /usr/lical/lib.

thanks again,

-gklinux

stolzyboy

make sure your form method is post, and it is NOT

$POST['name']

it is $_POST['name'] //notice the underscore

gklinux

thanks stolbyboy,
it works now.

the parse error was because of the way i
used the variables.

gklinux