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[kylesite]

My first script. Please tell me if it would work or not.

<?php
session_start();
$user = $_SESSION['nam'];
echo "
      <form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"post\">\n
      <input type=\"text\" name=\"nam\" value=\"Name\">\n
      <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">\n
      <br><br>
        ";

if(empty($user)){
      echo "<font color=\"red\">Please enter your name!</font>";
} else {
      echo "<center><h1>Hello <font color=\"red\">$user</font></center></h1>";
}
?>

Thankyou

[LordShryku]

So first...if you want to know if it will work or not....test it.

So here's my two cents....
1) You don't seem to ever set the var $_SESSION['nam'], so that probably won't work.

2) Your coding assumes register_globals is on. You should learn to code assuming it is off.

3) Seperating the variable from the string is common practice.
eg.

echo "<form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"post\">\n";

// Should be 

echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">\n";

//Or 

echo "<form action=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}\" method=\"post\">\n";

HTH

[kylesite]

So how would i set the variable $_SESSION['nam']?

[LordShryku]

Well, try this

if(isset($_POST['nam'])) {
   $_SESSION['nam'] = $_POST['nam'];
}

[kylesite]

So then what would the whole PHP look like?

[LordShryku]

No, that's not the whole thing. That just sets your session var if the form is submitted, and the name is filled in

[kylesite]

Is this better?

<?php
session_start();
$user = $_SESSION['nam'];
echo "
      <form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">\n
      <input type=\"text\" name=\"nam\" value=\"Name\">\n
      <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">\n
      <br><br>
     ";

if(empty($user)){
      echo "<font color=\"red\">Please enter your name above in the box and click \'Submit\'</font>";
} else {
      echo "<center><h1>Hello <font color=\"red\">$user</font></center></h1>";
}
if(isset($_POST['nam'])) { 
   $_SESSION['nam'] = $_POST['nam']; 
}
?>