Anthony, there is nothing wrong with what you've done, but try changing your 'print' line in hiUser.php to:
print "<h3>Hi there, ". $_POST["userName"] ."</h3>"; And it should now work. Cheers. Armando -----Original Message----- From: aomarlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 22, 2004 9:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] What's wrong with these two programs? Hi, � Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the two following programs?� The first (whatsName.html)�is straight HTML, and is supposed to build a form that asks a question.� The second program, (hiUser.php) is supposed to read the value input by the user, and process it.� I'm not having any trouble with the first program, but when the second program runs, it prints out code, rather than getting the result that it is supposed to get. � Have I linked the two programs in the wrong way, or something like that?� BTW, both of these programs are sample programs from the book, "PHP 5/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner." � Here are the two programs: � 1.)� whatsName.html: � <html> <head> <title>What's your name?</title> </head> <body> � <h1>What's your name?</h1> <h3>Writing a form for user input</h3> � � <form method = "post" ������� action = "hiUser.php"> � Please type your name: � <input type = "text" � name = "userName" � value = ""> �� <br> �� <input type = "submit"> �� �� </form> �� </body> </html> � Here is program #2.) hiUser.php: � <html> <head> <title>Hi User</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hi User</h1> <h3>PHP program that receives a value from "whatsName"</h3> � <? � print "<h3>Hi there, $userName!</h3>"; ��� ?> � </body> </html> � Your help is always appreciated! Anthony � __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
