Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/17/07 10:58

shotokan99 wrote:
> ah ok sorry for the inconvenience...let me try to explain it clearly.
> usually if we have this:
>
> <form name=".." method="post" action="my.php">
> <input type="Text" name="myname" id="myname" size="30"...> <Br>
> <input type="submit" name".." value="save">
> </form>
>
> and my.php will have:
>
> <?php
> $myname=$_POST['myname'];
> .
> //processing here....
> .
> ?>
>
> now how about if i remove the <form...> tag. then instead of a submit
> button ill replace it with a text linking to my.php. it loots
> something like this:
>
> <input type="Text" name="myname" id="myname" size="30"...> <Br>
> <a href="my.php?name='.$myname.'...>Save</a>
>
> then my.php will look like this:
> <?phpa
> $myname=$_GET['myname'];
> .
> //processing here....
> .
> ?>
>
> my problem is how get the value of the textbox and assign it to
> $myname variable.
> is it possible with php or i need javascript for this matter? i hope i
> was able to explain it clearly
>
>
>
>

Unless the textbox is in a form, it will never be submitted to the
server, so PHP will never see it.

But why not use a form? That's why it's there.

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