Displaying user input

macrocosm · June 14th, 2006, 04:51 AM

Hi to all :)

the following code is supposed to call the php page and display what the user has input in the html page, the problem is: the php page is called successfully but it is NOT displaying anything except 'Your favorite author is:' !!! can anyone please spot the problem?? I'm using php 4.4.2, internet explorer, IIS, this is a copy-paste of the code, u may try it and c 4 urself

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text.html
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<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form method="get" action="text.php">
Who is your favorite author?
<input name="him" type="text">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

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text.php
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<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
Your favorite author is:
<?php
echo $him;
?>
</body>
</html>

guillermo · June 14th, 2006, 08:07 AM

change the method of your form to post, then try <?php echo $_POST['him']?>

macrocosm · June 14th, 2006, 08:25 AM

that is awesome :) it really worked !! thnx alot guillermo !! problem solved.

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by guillermo
change the method of your form to post, then try <?php echo $_POST['him']?>

guillermo · June 15th, 2006, 09:30 PM

No problem. Your forms should always use the "post" method, and their values will always be $_POST['fieldname']. $_GET is generally used to get values out of the url, so in this case: http://domain.com/index.php?id=222&name=333

the following would be true:
$_GET['id'] = 222
$_GET['name'] = 333