method not allowed

kevinhood

Hi this is my firs time with php and i am working through a book by larry ullman "php and mysql for dynamic web sites"

i have writen from the book a simple form in html code below

<form action"handle_from.php"method="post">

<fieldset><legend>Enter you information in the form below:</legend>
<p><b>Name:</b><input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>

<p><b>email address:</b><input type="text" name="email" size="40" maxlength="60" /></p>

<p><b>gender:</b><input type="radio" name="gender" value="M"/> Male <input type="radio" name="gender" value="f"/> female</p>

<p><b>age:</b><select name="age"><option value="0-30">Under 30</option>
<option value="30-60">between 30 and 60</option>
<option value="60+">over 60</option></select>

<p><b>comments:</b><textarea name="comments" rows="3" cols="50"></textarea></p>
</fieldset>
<filedset><legend>second form:</legend>

<p><b>hight:</b><input type "text" name-"hight" size="50" maxlength-"90" /></p>
</fieldset>
<div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit information"/></div>

if i save it as a php file when i press submit all seems ok as a html file when i press submit i get a error message Method Not Allowed

The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /DIVERSATY WEB SIE/form.html.Method Not Allowed

i have a second php script that is ment to desplay the results from this form but is does not,

<?php
#script 2.2 hanlde form feedback
echo "<p>thank you, <b>$name</b>for the following comments:<br /><tt>$comments</tt><p>will reply to you at<i>$email</i>.<p>";
?>

i cant see a link between the form and the php script can any one see the problem

thanks
kev

Weedpacket

The error message is being generated by your web server, which has been configured to refuse POST requests. (Presumably it only allows GET). So it's chucking out your request instead of running your script. Fixing that depends on what server you're using and how you configure it.

Sakuza

Like I understand,then you have problems with form submitting (HTTP response code 405).
Read more from http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19295

MarkR

Are you sure PHP is configured correctly on your web server? Try creating a page which just calls phpinfo() and ensure that it works as expected. If not, contact your sysadmin to have PHP correctly set up.

Mark