What version of PHP are you using? I believe that anything earlier than 4.05 does not support $_POST.
Did you try $HTTP_POST_VARS['name']? This will work, regardless of version. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Help please: Unable to get $_POST["variable"]; to work in a form. I have corrected the typo and had hoped this was a simple solution, yet $_POST still doesn't work. Any ideas? "Craig Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
