Using $_REQUEST[""] works because the vars are in the http request, but $_POST[""] contains nothing as the other poster noted: mehtod="post"
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: David Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:20 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [PHP] Re: Help please: Unable to get $_POST["variable"]; to >>work in a form. >> >> >>Using $_REQUEST["variable"] causes the script to work. >>Why is this? And, why can I not use $_POST? >> >>"David Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >>> I am going through the introductory tutorial on >>http://www.php.net/ and am >>> stuck on this page: >>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.forms.php >>> >>> I have been able to get all of the examples up to this point to work. >>> >>> The form is simple: it asks for a text "name", a text "age" and has a >>submit >>> button. The information is submitted to action.php. >>> >>> Action.php contains this code: >>> Hi <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>. >>> You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old. >>> >>> I saved action.php as a text file with only the information above. >>> >>> When I enter JoeBob into the name field and 27 into the age field, I get >>> this for output: >>> Hi >>> Notice: Undefined index: name in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\action.php on line 1 >>> . You are >>> Notice: Undefined index: age in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\action.php on line 2 >>> years old. >>> >>> What can I do to remedy this? >>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>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
