Hi, for starters, I think you need to change your html... it should read something like this:
Name: <input type="text" name="dateid"><br> Jeff At 03:50 PM 2/14/2002 +0000, Sean Connelly wrote: >Hi, > >I've just started to learn php. I can't seem to get any data from an >HTML form to a php script. I've had a look at the manual and the various >on-line documentation and I think I'm doing things right but perhaps >someone can advice on the following :- > >**************** >File: form.php > >html><head><title>FORM</title></head> ><body> > ><form method="post" action="test.php" > > Name: <input type="text" date="dateid"><br> > <input type="submit"> ></form> > ></body></html> > > >**************** >File: test.php > ><?php echo "Hello World! >"; foreach ($HTTP_POST_VARS as $var => $value) { echo "$var = $value >\n"; } foreach ($HTTP_GET_VARS as $var => $value) { echo "$var = $value >\n"; } var_dump($HTTP_POST_VARS); echo "$dateid >"; echo "Hello World!"; ?> >************** >Output:- > >Hello World! >array(0) { } >Warning: Undefined variable: dateid in d:\Data\Web\test.php on line 19 > >Hello World! > >*************** > >Now I expect the warning for undefined dateid variable as this won't >work with register_globals enviornment variable set to off. But >according to the documentation the HTTP_POST_VARS should work. By the >way, I've tried using the GET method as well. > >I'm running php 4.1.1, Apache 1.3.23 on NT4 SP6 using IE5.5 and Opera >6.0 Thinking it was my setup (which took a while to get working) I >uploaded the scripts to my ISP web server and got the same results! >(Linux, Apache 1.3.14, php 4.0.3pl1) > >Any ideas as to what's happening ? > >Also I'd like to display some times that are also hyperlinks such that >when clicked upon they call a php function passing in the time as >data/parameter. Can someone give me hints on the best way to do this. Do >these functions have to exist in a separate file, or can they reside in >the same file as the form/hyperlink data and just reference the function >name. > >Many thanks for your help. > >Sean. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php