If you're seeing PHP source code when you pull up a page, your server is not configured correctly. What if you try a basic .php page like echo "Hello World";, does that work?
You are running a web server right, not just using File->Open?? ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Warren Massengill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Form response > > > > > Try $_POST['field_1'] instead of $field_1 > > ---John Holmes... > > > I tried this with two different versions of reaction.php. > Still displays only the source code. > > Thanks, > Warren > ---------------------------------------- > <html> > <body> > A Simple Form > <br><br> > <form action="reaction.php" method="post"> > <input type="text" name="$_POST['field_1']" size="10"><br><br> > <input type="submit" name="submitbutton"> > </form> > </body> > </html> > --------------------------------------------- > <?php > if ($$_POST['field_1']) > { > echo "$_POST['field_1']: $$_POST['field_1']"; > } > else > { > echo "nothing has been passed to this script"; > } > ?> > --------------------------------------------------- > <?php > if ($field_1) > { > echo "$_POST['field_1']: $field_1"; > } > else > { > echo "nothing has been passed to this script"; > } > ?> > ----------------------------------------------------- > > <?php > if ($$_POST['field_1']) > { > echo "$_POST['field_1']: $$_POST['field_1']"; > } > else > { > echo "nothing has been passed to this script"; > } > ?> > ----------------------------------------------------- > > I tried this with two different versions of reaction.php. > Still displays only the source code. > > Thanks, > Warren > > >-----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
