Re: User Input to PHP file only

Hi Andrew, puh, I think you will have more problems if you try to "simulate" a html-form. Why not download & installing Apache for free ? It works fine on Win95/98 (I did it on my own). Regards Martin "Andrew V. Romero" wrote: > Hi, I am a very beginner and am trying to figure out if it is possible > to create a php file alone (not in conjunction with a html form) that > allows the user to input the value of several variables? Here is what I > am trying to do, I don't have any web server software installed on my > home computer and my home computer is not always connected to the > internet so I am looking for a way to simulate a html form passing > variables onto a php file. I was thinking that I could just use > something like Qbasic language where you say Input "What is your > name";name$ in a php script and then the php file could spit out Hello > name$. I figured this would be a good way to simulate what I really > want to do which would be something like have an html form that ask for > name and then the user types in a name and the php file processes it and > says hello <name> but like I said I don't have any web server software > installed on my home win95 computer so I can't just make the html form > and php file and locally test it. > > So will my plan of creating just a modified php file for local testing > work or is there a better idea? Can I create a php file alone that ask > the user for input and then can take that input and process it? > Thanks, if you want to reply personally, remove all numbers from my > address. > BTW: Are my anti spam measures necessary on this server? > -- > Andrew V. Romero > Romer1999o@pharmacy.arizona.edu > Remove the #'s from my address to reply. > http://www.u.arizona.edu/~avr/ > ICQ #54080914 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net