Re: How to retrieve form data?

Thank you for your very quick answer. As you may have already guessed, I'm new to PHP, and struggling with the the most basic operations. I modifed the 'echo' as suggested and also added a 'printr" statement. The modified portion of the script is below.... if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"): echo 'Using foreach loop, $_POST array contains:'."<br />"; foreach ( $_POST as $key => $value ) { echo ( $value . "<br />" );} echo 'Using printr, $_POST array contains:'."<br />"; echo ( "<pre>" ); print_r ( $_POST ); echo ( "</pre>" ); endif; Clicking on the submit button now produces: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Request Method: POST Using foreach loop, $_POST array contains: Array Using printr, $_POST array contains: Array ( [item] => Array ( [0] => select item 1 ) ) -------------------------------------------------So what exactly does this mean?: $Post is an array thatconsists of one item that is also an array, that being the "item" array consisting of one entry containing the select string?If so, can I access the "item" array itself? I tried this in the script but nothing was echoed:echo $item[0] "John Nichel" <jnichel@by-tor.com> wrote in message news:42228BBA.6050905@by-tor.com... > Gregg Nelson wrote: > > The first execution of the file below produces the expected output: > > Request Method: GET > > > > Clicking on the Submit button outputs: > > Request Method: POST > > $_POST array contains: > > Array > > > > Why don't I see one of the values from the select item? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > --------------- > > <html> > > <form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" > > method="post" > > > <select name="item" > > > <option value="select item 1" > item 1 </option> > > <option value="select item 2" > item 2 </option> > > </select> > > <input type=submit value="Submit"> > > </form> > > > > <?php > > echo "Request Method: ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']."<br > > />"; > > > > if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"): > > echo '$_POST array contains:'."<br />"; > > foreach ($_POST as $value) {echo $value."<br />";} > > endif; > > ?></html> > > Your foreach loop isn't going to print what _you're_ expecting. > > foreach ( $_POST as $key => $value ) { > echo ( $value . "<br />" ); > } > > but print_r() would be much easier... > > echo ( "<pre>" ); > print_r ( $_POST ); > echo ( "</pre>" ); > > -- > By-Tor.com > ...it's all about the Rush > http://www.by-tor.com