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Posted by ZeldorBlat on 07/12/07 02:07
On Jul 11, 10:01 pm, techu...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 11, 6:21 pm, Computer Guy <aaron.michalc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 11, 6:35 pm, techu...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > When I try to echo the $_POST array from a VERY simple form that I've
> > > made for testing purposes, the array returns 0 no matter what I send
> > > from the form. If I change the form's method from "post" to
> > > "get," (and make the change from $_POST to $_GET in the php script)
> > > it
> > > runs just fine. I have also checked my php.ini file to verify that
> > > the
> > > "variables_order" directive is set to: EGPCS, the default.
>
> > > My web server is running on Windows XP SP2 with Apache 2.2.4 and PHP
> > > 5.2.1.
>
> > > Here is the code I'm working with:
>
> > > test.html:
>
> > > <html>
>
> > > <head>
> > > <title>test</title>
> > > </head>
>
> > > <body>
> > > <form action="./test.php" method="post">
> > > Feet: <input type="text" name="feet">
> > > <input type="submit" value="Convert">
> > > </form>
> > > </body>
>
> > > </html>
>
> > > test.php:
>
> > > <?php
>
> > > // Retrieve user's entry
> > > $feet = $_POST['feet'];
>
> > > // Convert $feet to $inches
> > > $inches = ($feet * 12);
>
> > > // Display $inches
> > > echo "$inches";
>
> > > ?>
>
> > > If anyone has any suggestions, I have been wracking my brain over
> > > this
> > > all afternoon. Thanks.
>
> > Well I would consider myself a php noob but I might as well throw out
> > suggestions. First of all form action i would just make test.php
> > (assuming it is same directory). Also I would just do
> > echo $_POST['feet']; just to see if it is actually getting the value
> > before you do anything to it
> > hope that helps to some degree, if not wait for one of the pros to
> > reply
>
> > :D
>
> Unfortunately that did not do anything for me... Making it just
> "test.php" is no different, as the "./" simply indicates that the file
> is in the same folder as the .html file. As for trying just "echo
> $_POST['feet'];" ...well, I've done that as well to no avail.
>
> Thank you, though!
On test.php try doing print_r($_POST) to see what the array actually
contains. And, as a matter of style, get rid of the ./ in front of
the action (even though it doesn't solve this particular problem).
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