Having problems with passing variables

Anon

Hello-

I am new to PHP, but am trying to use it (and learn). Here is what i am trying to do:

I have created a form with two controls on it, (a text box and a submit button.) i also created a simple script which (supposedly) takes the variable and prints it to the screen. it doesn't do this. it just prints the line of code that is supposed to print the variable.
i have PHP4, which told me that vars_track defaults to on.

here is what i have:

here is the php code:

<? echo="your name is $name";?>

Is this corect? essentailly it is printing "<? echo="your name is $name";?>".
(BTW.. i tried printing all the markup with it as well, it did nothing.)

I'm trying to load the script off of my local drive, and this is where i have PHP installed as well. i am using PHPcoder as my interpreter.

Help please!

Pat

Anon

Did you set up you PHP to use short tags? Short tags are <? ?>, PHP tipically wants to see <?php ?> around it's code.

Anon

yes, short_open_tag=on. i tried it both ways, and i got the same result. I'm about 10% sure that it isn't set up corectly because my interpreter will read <? ?> tags normally. If i were to nest php tags in an html document, and run it in the interpreter, it does it just fine. i think it is a problem calling the script. Actually, the only way i was able to get it to that point is to leave off the .php extension. otherwise it tries to download the file.

I probably f**ked up somewhere..

Anon

Try
form method="post"
see if that helps any.

Anon

Maybe the '=' after the echo statement is causing problems.

i.e.
<?echo "Your name is $name";?>

instead of

<?echo="Your name is $name";?>

Anon

That's gotta be the problem. (=)
How'd I miss that? geeze.

Anon

Thta did it. Also, i don't think my interpreter was set up correctly, because i was able to run everything just fine on the web server.

Thanks guys!