Hidden input does not pass in when in debug mode

[kenle]

I am using PHPED as the edit tool for PHP.
I have a form like this:

<form name=form1 method="POST">
<table><tr><td? ...( all the rows and column tag)

<input type=hidden name=action value="testing">
<input type=text name=test value="somevalue">

</td></tr></table>
</form>

When run in debug mode, i try to get the value of the hidden input, and it's alway empty. When in normal mode, it works fine.

So for the example above, when i try to get the action value

$action = $_POST['action'];

This always return empty in debug mode in PHPEd

Anyone here has a clue why?

Thanks

[drawmack]

action is a reserved word in HTML. I love it when people read the manual.

[kenle]

it's not about the word action, i have hidden input with different name too, and it does not seem to pass correctly