Try $_POST['field_1'] instead of $field_1 ---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Warren Massengill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] Form response > > Hi, > > RedHat 7.2 RPM with PostgreSQL 7.1.x and PHP 4.0.6 > > Page 111 of "PHP and PostgreSQL", this form displays in Mozilla. The > submit > button is expected to run a script called reaction.php but it opens the > script and displays the code. The response is the same with or without > variable input. > > I changed the script file to executable: no effect. > > I can run 'reaction.php' from the shell and it works. > What is the problem here? > --------------------------------- > form > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > <html> > <body> > A Simple Form > <br><br> > <form action="reaction.php" method="post"> > <input type="text" name="field_1" size="10"><br><br> > <input type="submit" name="submitbutton"> > </form> > </body> > </html> > > ------------- > Reaction.php > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > action.php > > <?php > if ($field_1) > { > echo "field_1: $field_1"; > } > else > { > echo "nothing has been passed to this script"; > } > ?> > ---------------------- > run as stand alone php file > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > bash-2.05$ php < reaction.php > X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6 > Content-type: text/html > nothing has been passed to this script > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > In: > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > (appears as above plus an entry for each of php2,3,&4) > LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so > LoadModule php_module modules/mod_php.so > > These were all uncommented in the RPM installation of RedHat 7.2. > Somehow PHP is partially working... > Any suggestions? > > I can create forms in php and tables in PostgreSQL but according to > phpinfo(), php is not configured for PostfreSQL. > > If I survive this problem, that one is on the horizon. Does anyone have a > generic list of things to do after an RPM installation of RedHat Linux 7.2 > in order to use PHP with PostgreSQL? > > Thanks, > Warren > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
