simple form problem

EchoAlertcom · Mar 15, 2003

Hi,

I am just learning PHP and am stuck on something that is embarrasingly simple.

Form Page:

Code:

<html><head></head>
<body>

<form Method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;text.php&quot;>
Who is your favorite author?<br>
<input name=&quot;Author&quot; type=&quot;text&quot;>
<br><br>
<input type=&quot;submit&quot;>
</form>

</body></html>

Form Processing Page:

Code:

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

I have tried with Get and Post. When I run it i get the error:
Notice: Undefined variable: Author in C:\Inetpub\
http://wwwroot\php\text.php
on line 5

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
Steve

BitFuzzy · Mar 15, 2003

try echo "$Author";

irzyxel · Mar 16, 2003

probably register globals are off...
so you would have to use
$_GET['Author']
or
$_POST['Author']

EchoAlertcom · Mar 16, 2003

Thank you.

How do I turn register globals on? And Should I turn them on?

Cheers,
Steve

irzyxel · Mar 16, 2003

if its your server, you can do so by editing php.ini
register_globals = on/off
for security reasons they are off since php 4.1 i think
so to be compliant with a later hoster, you should make your code register globals = off safe

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