echo after POST returns nothing

[shanis42p]

I am a real newbie, OK here is the skinny, I have a basic HTML form on a first page. The Form has one text field (txtHere), and a Submit button. I have Apache 2.0.48 running with PHP/4.3.4 component. When the submit button is clicked the POST is called and sent to a *.php file to be displayed inbetween static text. I am only doing this to test if php is working on my local server.

When viewing the first page all goes well. I enter some garbage text and click the submit button. The php file loads fine with one exception. The result is:

    OK, finally, , you got the php to work.

Inbetween the two commas should be the txtHere that I POSTed from the first page. When I right click and view source the echo command still resides on the php page.

The variables are spelled the same, I am so frustrated I used the completed project files from a php book I purchased to run a simple test scripts, needless to say same result. I think I am missing a setting or a configuration, any help you guys (or girls) can provide would be very helpful,

Thank You All,
Shanis Macranus 😃

[shanis42p]

I remove all of the garbage HTML dreamweaver puts in thier PHP template and wiola, now I get text. Too bad it is the php code and not the variable.

Now I get in the browser:

Finally, <?php echo $_POST['txtHere']; ?>, you got the php to work!

I guess it is better than nothing.

Thanks in advance,
Shanis

[shanis42p]

OK, I got it.

I moved the php4ts.dll from the place where the PHP binary zip placed it and moved it into the Sapi folder.

Ran the script.

Good to go.

Shane