Passing a form to PHP 1

CliveC · Apr 18, 2002

Hi,
I am new to PHP and I can't seem to get this to work. Any ideas? $Name is not displaying in TEST1.PHP but everything else is.

TEST1.HTM
<html><head><title>Test 1</title></head><body>
<form method="get" action="test1.php">Name:
<input type="text" size="20" maxlength="32" name="Name" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form></body></html>

TEST1.PHP
<html><head><title></title></head><body>
This is a test<br />
<script language="php">
Print "Begin"."<br>";
Print $Name."<br>";
Print "End";
</script>
</body></html>

djhawthorn · Apr 18, 2002

<form method> should be "post", not "get".

CliveC · Apr 18, 2002

Have tried both post and get, neither works. With the get I see the name/value pair being passed appended to the URL but the but test1.php does not convert it to $Name.

gerrygerry · Apr 18, 2002

Try using echo... it is much friendlier an versatile! I never did like print.

Code:

echo &quot;Begin <br>&quot;;
echo &quot;$Name <br>&quot;;
echo &quot;End&quot;;

or

Code:

echo 'Begin <br>';
echo $Name.'<br>';
echo 'End';

or

Code:

echo 'Begin <br>'.$Name.'<br>End';

or

Code:

echo &quot;Begin <br>$Name<br>End&quot;;

Any of the above should work no problem.

The form method doesn't matter.

Also, make sure your variable name ($Name) exists (the "Name" field of your form). $name or $NAME would each return different things.

If none of the above works, you might have some config problems? We can cross that bridge if we come to it! -gerrygerry
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CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

Hi gerrygerry,
I had tried that to no avail. Just to clarify I get the result:

This is a test
Begin

End

What config options might affect this?

KarveR · Apr 19, 2002

TEST1.PHP
<html><head><title></title></head><body>
This is a test<br />
<script language="php">
Print "Begin"."<br>";
Print $Name."<br>";
Print "End";
</script>
</body></html>

Try :
<?php
echo "Begin <br>";
echo "Name is : $name";
echo "End";
?>

the <html><head><title></title></head><body>
This is a test<br /> part shouldn't b e needed but when added BEFORE the first <?php will make your page look nicer ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

Result:
This is a test
Begin
Name is :
End

KarveR · Apr 19, 2002

OK .. heheehe my mistok ... Case sensitivity.
Change $name to $Name ***************************************
Party on, dudes!
[cannon]

CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

I have tried all the obvious stuff and have checked for correct case of the name variable. I really think it is a config problem. I have no idea which config option might affect this behavior however.

KarveR · Apr 19, 2002

OK to see if test1.php works, in the address bar type :

http://test1.php?Name=workyabadbastd

and test1.php should return:
Begin
Name is : workyabadbastd
End ***************************************
Party on, dudes!
[cannon]

CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

I am thinking that it has to do with magic quotes. The server I am using has the following configuration.

magic_quotes_gpc off

CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

Forget last msg from me. This works!

<html><head><title></title></head><body>
This is a test<br />
<script language="php">
print "Begin"."<br>";
print "<br>";
echo($HTTP_GET_VARS['Name']);
print "<br>";
print "End";
</script>
</body></html>

CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

Wish I knew why it worked and the standard way didn't.

gerrygerry · Apr 19, 2002

What version of PHP do you have? -gerrygerry
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CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

4.1.1

KarveR · Apr 19, 2002

let me just say ... VeryOdd(tm) ***************************************
Party on, dudes!
[cannon]

gerrygerry · Apr 19, 2002

Well... um i dunno why it is doing this, but try putting this in the top of your code - it'll convert each of the $HTTP_GET_VARS[] to $var style variables:

Code:

while(list($name, $value)=$HTTP_GET_VARS) 
  ${$name} = $value;

untested, but it should work! -gerrygerry
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CliveC · Apr 19, 2002

Good idea Gerrygerry.
Thanks,
Clive

gerrygerry · Apr 19, 2002

sorry - i was in a hurry - use this instead:

Code:

while(list($name, $value)=

Code:

each(

Code:

$HTTP_GET_VARS

Code:

)

Code:

) 
  ${$name} = $value;

-gerrygerry
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