RE: [PHP] after suubmitting, working with data on same page

Sorry about that. It did execute my if but shows nothing for $zwords. So my echo shows: xxxxxx after entering "cat" and pressing my calc your entry. How do I get my value(s) I entered in to work with? Thanks > ---------- > From: Marek Kilimajer > Sent: Friday, July 9, 2004 1:41 PM > To: Hull, Douglas D > Cc: Note To Php general List (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [PHP] after suubmitting, working with data on same page > > if ($_POST['calcentry'] == "Calc Your Entry") { > > Hull, Douglas D wrote: > > Just to make it simple this is my whole page for now, when putting words in the textarea > > "zwords" and hitting "calc your entry" it never goes into my if statement: > > > > <html> > > <body> > > <? > > if ($_POST['$calcentry'] == "Calc Your Entry") { > > echo 'xxx' . $zwords . 'xxx'; > > } > > ?> > > <textarea name="zwords" rows="20" cols="30" wrap /> > > </textarea> > > <textarea name="zoutput" rows="20" cols="70" wrap /> > > </textarea> <BR> > > <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" > > method="post"> <br> > > <input type="submit" name="calcentry" value="Calc Your > > Entry" /> > > </form> > > </body> > > </html> > > Thanks, > > Doug > > > > >