Try this: extract($_POST);
extract -- Import variables into the current symbol table from an array All of my forms have worked without $_POST or $_GET. Is there a reason for inavailability of variables??? Its a good practice to use $_POST for security reasons. Vishal. -----Original Message----- From: Ciemny, Jessica [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Passing <form> values to PHP Hey every, I'm new to the group and to PHP (3 days now) and I would like to ask a question. I purchased a book on PHP a day or so ago and as I'm going through the book it comes to a point where it talks about passing html form values to PHP. So I type up the examples from the book, both the html file and the PHP file and I run it and I don't get anything when the PHP file is accessed. Hmmmm puzzling! I don't get any errors at all, but the values just aren't coming across. The book says that I should be able to take the "name=xyz" value from the HTML form and just use it as a regular variable ($xyz) in the PHP file. But this doesn't work. After much digging on web pages and through email lists I found reference to something called the $_POST variable. This seems to be the only way that I can make the PHP file use the "name=xyz" values from the HTML file. So in the PHP file I would have to use the variable "$_POST[xyz]" to get the form value returned. Anyone have any ideas as to what's up. I hope its just something silly that I'm missing being a newby to PHP and all. I will include small versions of the file here for reference: HTML FILE --------- <html><body> <form action="x.php" method="post"> Please enter your name: <input type="text" name="xyz"> <input type="submit" value="submit"> </form> </body></html> PHP FILE (Doesn't Work) --------- <html><body> <?php echo("The value of name is $xyz"); ?> </body></html> PHP FILE (Does Work) --------- <html><body> <?php echo("The value of name is $_POST[xyz]"); ?> </body></html> So I guess my question ultimately is, what are the different ways in which form data can be passed to a PHP script? Thanks you, Jessica -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
