Re: Enter the clueless newbie
| From: | Bogdan Stancescu | Date: | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 03:25:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Enter the clueless newbie | ||
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This made me so curious that I copied your code - works just fine over here. What's the exact URL you're using to access this file (leave out the sensitive data).
Bogdan
Bob Rea wrote:
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 07:04 pm, Bogdan Stancescu wrote:Are you trying this via HTTP or on the local file? BogdanOh sorry, running it on my linux box, SuSE 7.3, using apache, files in the same directory. Other files wiht php in them work well. This is my first try at forms and phpBob Rea wrote:Hi I am just starting to learn php. I'm using Larry Ullman's book in the Visual Quickstart guide series.I have copied out of the book the first example of a form in html and the corresponding php file to display the info. When I click submit in the html page, Konqueror (KDE) asks me where I want to save HandleForm.php. Netscape just does nothing after I hit the submit button. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Here is the code: HtmlForm.html: <html> <head> <title>HTML Form</title> </HEAD> <body> <FORM ACTION="HandleForm.php" METHOD=POST> First Name <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="FirstName" SIZE=20><BR> Last Name <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="LastName" SIZE=40><BR> Email Address <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="Email" SIZE=60><BR> Comments <TEXTAREA NAME="Comments" ROWS=5 COLS=40></TEXTAREA><BR> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit!"> <INPUT TYPE=RESET NAME="RESET" VALUE="Reset"> </FORM> </body> </html> And HandleForm.php: <html> <head> <title>Form Results</title> </head> <body> <?php /*This page receives and handles the data generated by HtmlForm.html*/ print "Your first name is $FirstName.<br>\n"; print "Your last name is $LastName.<br>\n"; print "Your email address is $Email.<br>\n"; print "This is what you had to say: $Comments.<br>\n"; ?> </body> </html> TIA for your help. :)