Problem with defining varaible

marteau

Every time I try to change the GET variable to a shorter name it becomes undefined why is that? For instance I try to change $_GET['elf'] to $elf in the php script but it won't let me:

Html code:


<html>
 <head>
  <title>
   php
  </title>
 </head>

<body>

<form action="mydex.php" method="get">
	<b>Character name:</b> <input type="text" name="char" value="character"><br>
	<b>Character age:</b> <input type="text" name="age" value="age"><br>
	<b>Character class:</b><br>
		<table>
			<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="elf" value="elf">elf<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="war" value="warrior">warrior<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="mon" value="monk">monk<br></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="fre" value="freak">freak of nature<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="poo" value="poop">poop<br></td>
			</tr>
		</table><br>
	<b>Apperance:</b><br>
		<table>
			<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="pre" value="preppy">preppy<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="scr" value="scruffy">scruffy<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="gan" value="gang">gangsta<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="fru" value="fruit">fruitylicious<br></td>
			</tr>
		</table><br>

<b>Weapon:</b>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="kni" value="knife">knife<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="swd" value="sword">sword<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="pis" value="pistol">pistol<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="shot" value="shots">shotgun<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Personality:</b>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="mea" value="mean">mean<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="nic" value="nice">nice<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="shy" value="shy">shy<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="ret" value="retarded">retarded<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Drugs?</b><br>
	<input type="checkbox" name="yes" value="yes">yes<br>
	<input type="checkbox" name="no" value="no">No<br>
<b>gang:</b><br>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="gus" value="posers">g-unit<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="cry" value="crypts">Crypts<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="blo" value="bloods">Bloods<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="pus" value="pus">No Gang<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Bio:</b><br>
	<textarea name="story" rows="5" cols="80"></textarea>
	<center><input type="submit"></center>
</form>
</body>
</html>

And my php code:

<html>
 <head>
  <title>
   php
  </title>
 </head>

<body>		

<?php
//These are all the variables

//These are the text variables
$char = $_GET['char'];
$age = $_GET['age'];

//these are the new class variables

$elf = $_GET['elf'];
$warrior = $_GET['war'];
$monk = $_GET['mon'];

print $char;
print $age;

?>
</body>
</html>

NogDog

Can you be more specific about "it won't let me"? Do you get an error message? Is there output you are expecting to see that is not there? (I do not see anything obviously wrong with your code.)

marteau

Well let's say that i type bob into the character name box, it then stores it as $_GET['char'] well I don't like that variable because it's a pain to type so in my php script I want to $char but when I try to print it I get the error message Parse error: parse error in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\dastuff\projects\charbuild.php on line 26 instead of bob

NogDog

I copied-and-pasted your PHP code and ran it on my PC and did not get any parse errors.

marteau

NogDog wrote:
I copied-and-pasted your PHP code and ran it on my PC and did not get any parse errors.

😕 it didn't sho any variable errors

marteau

Now it's saying something like parse error, expecting `T_STRING'

NogDog

Copy and paste your current PHP code here, and wrap it in [ php] . . . [/php ] tags (without the spaces I used here). You have some sort of syntax error(s), but we need to see the exact code you are using in order to detect it. (Little things like a single missing quote, parenthesis, or semicolon can cause such an error.)

marteau

html

<html>
 <head>
  <title>
   php
  </title>
 </head>

<body>

<form action="mydex.php" method="get">
	<b>Character name:</b> <input type="text" name="char" value="character"><br>
	<b>Character age:</b> <input type="text" name="age" value="age"><br>
	<b>Character class:</b><br>
		<table>
			<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="elf" value="elf">elf<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="war" value="warrior">warrior<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="mon" value="monk">monk<br></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="fre" value="freak">freak of nature<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="poo" value="poop">poop<br></td>
			</tr>
		</table><br>
	<b>Apperance:</b><br>
		<table>
			<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
			<tr>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="pre" value="preppy">preppy<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="scr" value="scruffy">scruffy<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="gan" value="gang">gangsta<br></td>
				<td><input type="checkbox" name="fru" value="fruit">fruitylicious<br></td>
			</tr>
		</table><br>

<b>Weapon:</b>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="kni" value="knife">knife<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="swd" value="sword">sword<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="pis" value="pistol">pistol<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="shot" value="shots">shotgun<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Personality:</b>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="mea" value="mean">mean<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="nic" value="nice">nice<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="shy" value="shy">shy<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="ret" value="retarded">retarded<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Drugs?</b><br>
	<input type="checkbox" name="yes" value="yes">yes<br>
	<input type="checkbox" name="no" value="no">No<br>
<b>gang:</b><br>
	<table>
		<tr> <i>Pick one</i></tr>
		<tr>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="gus" value="posers">g-unit<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="cry" value="crypts">Crypts<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="blo" value="bloods">Bloods<br></td>
			<td><input type="checkbox" name="pus" value="pus">No Gang<br></td>
		</tr>
	</table><br>
<b>Bio:</b><br>
	<textarea name="story" rows="5" cols="80"></textarea>
	<center><input type="submit"></center>
</form>
</body>
</html>

php

<html>
 <head>
  <title>
   php
  </title>
 </head>

<body>		

<?php

//These are all the variables

//These are the text variables
$char = $_GET['char'];
$age = $_GET['age'];

//these are the new class variables

$elf = $_GET['elf'];
$warrior = $_GET['war'];
$monk = $_GET['mon'];
$freak = $_GET['fre'];
$poop = $_GET['poo'];

//These are the apperance variables

$prep = $_GET['pre'];
$scruf = $_GET['scr'];
$gangsta = $_GET['gan'];
$fruity =  $_GET['fru'];

//These are the Weapon varaibles

$knife = $_GET['kni'];
$sword = $_GET['swd'];
$pistol = $_GET['pis'];
$shots = $_GET['shot'];

//These are the personality varaibles

$mean = $_GET['mea'];
$nice = $_GET['nic'];
$shy = $_GET['shy'];
$retard = $_GET['ret'];

//This is the drug question

$yes = $_GET['yes'];
$no = $_GET['no'];

//These are the gang varaibles

$poser = $_GET['gus'];
$crypt = $_GET['cry'];
$blood = $_GET['blo'];
$weak = $_GET['pus'];



print $char;
print $age;


?>
</body>
</html>

It's a basic character design program, I have to do something so I'll be back in a few but here is my code and Thank you for helping me.

Weedpacket

There are no syntax errors in the second page of code you pasted, and no PHP in the first page to have syntax errors.

Are either of those pages charbuild.php (the file that I take it is still the one where the error is reported to be found)?

marteau

Weedpacket wrote:
There are no syntax errors in the second page of code you pasted, and no PHP in the first page to have syntax errors.

Are either of those pages charbuild.php (the file that I take it is still the one where the error is reported to be found)?

The php code is charbuild.php