[RESOLVED] PHP Spacing?

securfocus

Ive written up a homepage using all html. I made a form that calls itself.

<form action="<? echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST">

Now when I set up the top of the page to set the variables. it creates a giant gap at the top of my site. What am I doing wrong?

<?
	$fname = $_POST["fname"];
	$lname = $_POST["lname"];
	$email = $_POST["email"];
	$address = $_POST["address"];
	$city = $_POST["city"];
	$state = $_POST["state"];
	$zipcode = $_POST["zip"];
	$hphone = $_POST["hphone"];
	$mphone = $_POST["mphone"];
	$housing = $_POST["Own"];
	$doors = $_POST["numberdoors"];
	$comments = $_POST["comments"];

?>
<html>
<head>

Thanks ahead of time for you help and time.

NogDog

I can see no reason from the code you've provided that there should be a "giant gap".

securfocus

http://70.89.132.105/index2.php

heres the site....with the <?php at the top setting the variables it looks the way it is....w/o the <?php at the top the margin is set to zero and it brings it right to the top.

NogDog

Ahhh...I see. It's because you're getting a bunch of notices from the PHP parser, which are hidden because they are in black on a black background:

Notice: Undefined index: fname in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 2

Notice: Undefined index: lname in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 3

Notice: Undefined index: email in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 4

Notice: Undefined index: address in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 5

Notice: Undefined index: city in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 6

Notice: Undefined index: state in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 7

Notice: Undefined index: zip in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 8

Notice: Undefined index: hphone in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 9

Notice: Undefined index: mphone in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 10

Notice: Undefined index: Own in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 11

Notice: Undefined index: numberdoors in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\Office\index2.php on line 12

Try doing something like this so that you only set the values if the $POST element exists:

<?
if(isset($_POST) and count($_POST))
{
	$fname = (isset($_POST["fname"])) ? $_POST["fname"] : '';
	$lname = (isset($_POST["lname"])) ? $_POST["lname"]: '';
	// etc....
}
?>

securfocus

ahhh, thank you. I should of thought about that. I guess thats why im still the newbie!