Undefined Variable

aspire · July 11th, 2006, 05:39 PM

Right, I've got one of the PHP for Pro books from Wrox and im just beginning out and I've been trying to follow the tutorials but for some reason, this error keeps coming up even though i've followed the tutorials exactly. :/

Scenario: Userform.html has a form which ya put yer name in, it posts it to a processform.php but the processform.php always comes up with this error:
"Notice: Undefined variable: name in d:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testing\processform.php on line 4"

I understand that it doesnt seem to be getting the variable that I just inputted from the page before.

#### Userform.html

<html>

<FORM ACTION="processform.php" METHOD=POST>
Please type your name here: <br>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=username> <br><br>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit Data">
</FORM>
</html>

#### Processform.php

<html>

<?php
echo ("Welcome, " . $username . "!");
?>
</html>

Feedback please :)

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Dj Kat · July 11th, 2006, 05:51 PM

You'll have to retrieve the variable $username first

Code:

<?
$username=$_POST["username"];
?>

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aspire · July 11th, 2006, 06:02 PM

Woah dude, ta for the quick reply, that script is in the "processform.php" page isnt it?
Aha, done it, awesome m8 :)

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aspire · July 11th, 2006, 06:17 PM

Now I've encountered 1 more problem, I cant seem to keep the information from more than one page ago. Basicly its an error that says "Notice: Undefined index" :/

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Dj Kat · July 12th, 2006, 07:00 AM

That's not correct.

When it doesn't get a value you get an error
this is what you need to do
<?
if(isset($_POST["username"])){
$username=$_POST["username"];
}
else{
echo("no value posted");
}
?>

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