#19052 [Opn->Fbk]: $_POST doesn't work correctly

ID: 19052 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported By: awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Output Control Operating System: Red Hat 7.3 Linux 2.4.18 PHP Version: 4CVS-2002-08-22 New Comment: I don't see how this is possible. Which version of Apache are you using? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-22 12:05:20] awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us I am using PHP from http://snaps.php.net. The version I downloaded is 200208220600. I have an html file called insert_form.html and a php file called insert.php. What happens is insert_form.html gets text input from a user and then passes the user's input into a variable using METHOD=POST in the html form. Then in insert.php all it does is return the text the user submitted on insert_form.html. Below is the sample code. If you run it and look at the data returned by insert.php, for some reason, PHP is returning the value wrong. It appears to return <value><name=value>. For example if I type in PHPBUGVALUE then insert.php returns PHPBUGREPORTtestField=PHPBUGREPORT when it should just print PHPBUGREPORT. If in the code below I change METHOD=POST to METHOD=GET in insert_form.php and $_POST to $_GET in insert.php then it works fine and insert.php prints PHPBUGREPORT. Thank you for looking into the problem. <!-- insert_form.html--> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Insert Form</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM ACTION="insert.php" METHOD="POST"> <P>Text to add:<br> <input type=text name=testField size=30> <p><input type=submit value="Insert Record"></p> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML> <!-- end insert_form.html--> <!-- insert.php --> <?php echo "the value is $_POST[testField]<BR>"; ?> <!-- end of insert.php --> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19052&edit=1