At 22:04 20.02.2003, ML spoke out and said:
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>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!
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1) You shouldn't look for $name but rather for $user_name.
2) Most probably, register_globals is off at your host (see the online doc
for this). Thus, you need to echo $_REQUEST['user_name'].
HTH,
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>O Ernest E. Vogelsinger
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