RE: [PHP] [Q]PHP not taking input values from forms

when i run that, it doesn't show return anything. I really don't understand what's going on with php. I know it's working fine, it's just not returning anything. Even scripts that I KNOW for a fact should be working (i.e. they work for everyone else), don't work for me. Any other ideas? I REALLY need to get this running, and it's upsetting because I don't get what's going on. TIA.

From: "Vail, Warren" <Warren.Vail@schwab.com>

To: "'Philip Olson'" <philip@cornado.com>,        Dan Aloma  <digistuff1@hotmail.com>

CC: accerqueira@superig.com.br, php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] [Q]PHP not taking input values from forms Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:03:05 -0800 Suggestion, Stick the following line of code in a spot in the php code that gets control from the form submit and see what is actually being passed from the form; foreach($_POST as $k => $v) echo "POST[".$k."] = [".$v."]<br>"; see if this shows you what you are looking for. NOTE: if you are not using the form "POST" method, change all instances of "POST" to "GET" in the statement. good luck, Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Philip Olson [mailto:philip@cornado.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:55 PM To: Dan Aloma Cc: accerqueira@superig.com.br; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] [Q]PHP not taking input values from forms

that tag is working fine and shows me the info. For some reason php

will

take input values only from the URL, not from the html code. any

ideas?

A few questions: a) What's the exact version of PHP? b) Please post the smallest possible form that creates this

     problem.

c) And how are you attempting to access these form values? If you're interested in some working examples and related information, have a look at the following manual page: http://www.php.net/variables.external

Thanks for the suggestions, first of all. I tried that exact code from the code you included and I cut and pasted the "Simple HTML Form", and below that I pasted the "Accessing Data..." php code. When I go to the page, all it does after I hit the submit button with data in the fields, is say "no input file specified". But when I run it through the url giving the input names with values, it returns them. I tried getting it working with like ten people so far, and no one's been able to figure out... I am running PHP 4.3.4, btw. Be sure you rename the "action" part of the "simple html form" to whatever page you are using, instead of foo.php, as otherwise it will literally attempt to access foo.php I'm guessing this is what's happening by seeing "no input file specified". Either fix that or on that same manual page is the example titled "More complex form variables", this prints to itself as it demonstrates a use of the popular $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable. Also, it's important you realize the difference between POST and GET, and how to access them, so you may want to read that manual page too. (hint: GET is through the URL's QUERY_STRING (the stuff after the ?) while POST is not). Regards, Philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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