[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote" "On 2/17/2008 5:36 PM":"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arne Stone"
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm having some trouble while trying to learn PHP. Here is the code:
>
> <html>
> <head></head>
> <body>
> <?php
> // check if form has been submitted
> if (!$_POST['submit'])
> {
> // if not, display form
> ?>
> Select from the items below: <br />
> <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="POST">
> <select name="options[]" multiple>
> <option value="power steering">Power steering</option>
> <option value="rear wiper">Rear windshield wiper</option>
> <option value="cd changer">6 CD changer</option>
> <option value="fog lamps">Fog lamps</option>
> <option value="central locking">Central locking</option>
> <option value="onboard navigation">Computer-based navigation</option>
> </select>
> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select">
> </form>
> <?php
>
> When I click on the "Submit" button I get a page:
>
> FORBIDDEN: You don't have permission to access /< on this server
>
> Using MySQL, Apache, Windows XP.
>
> Here are the errors that I'm receiving in my error.log file.
>
> [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined index: submit in
> C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software
> Foundation\\Apache2.2\\htdocs\\test.php on line 6
> [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path misformatted or
> contained invalid characters: Cannot map POST
> /%3C?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?%3E HTTP/1.1 to file, referer:
>
> I have read a lot on this on the internet but after applying all the
> solutions out there I still receive these errors.....
>
> Could someone please assist me?
>
> Discovery Holdings Limited
> ----------------------------------------------
> Hi,
> The normal opening tag for php is '<?php' or sometimes it is just '<?' I
> have never seen an opening tag of '<?='
>
> In the code below you did not echo out the variable or terminate the php
> line with a ';' - this should be -
>
> <form action="<?php echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="POST">
>
> Or even -
>
> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST">
>
> Tanks, Rob.
<?=$whatever?> is perfectly acceptable when doing echo's inside of html.
The problem here seems to be the fact that apache does not have
permission to access the directory. The linux solution would be chown or
chmod to give the html directory permission to be used by apache, I'm
not sure how to do it in Windoze.
Billy P.
