The field name in the <form> is "user_name", and the echo is for "name". Are you copying the value from $user_name to $name at some point?
Kirk > -----Original Message----- > From: ML [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] missing simple php functionality > > > Hello all. Im having a strange problem. My php outputs html > correctly, and > Ive tried other builtin functions like date and that works > too. But when I > try to do something as simple as passing a value from a form > to a php file > and display that value, no go. > > the HTML: > <html> > <body> > <h1>Enter Your Name</h1> > <form action="simplephp.php" action="POST"> > <input type="text" size="20" maxlength="20" name="user_name"> > <input type="submit" value="Submit Your Name"> > </form> > </body> > </html> > > the PHP file: > <?php > echo "Your name is $name"; > ?> > > I fill in my name, I click submit, and where the name should > be displayed it > shows nothing. I have gone over this again and again and I > just don't know > whats wrong. I also noticed that register globals was OFF so > I just turned > that on, but still I have the same problem....any ideas? I > really appreciate > any feedback. Thank you! > > -Mike L -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php