Simple form but no output

dave_nul

I'm new to PHP, and created a simple form, but never get any output.
The two files, form_input.html and form_output.php are:
<html>
<body>
<form action="form_output.php" method="post">
Form input: <input name="name" size="10" type="text">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
</body>
</html>
....and...
<h2>form_output.php</h2>
<?php
$input = $_POST[ 'name' ];
echo "input = $input";
echo "_POST[ 'name' ] = $_POST[ 'name' ]";
?>
....I don't even see the <h2>form_output.php</h2> displayed. But PHP is
working, and it tests fine displaying phpinfo().

Any ideas?

Jul 17 '05 #1

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DJ Craig

After you run it and get the blank page for form_output.php, go to View
-> View Source and copy and paste the source code. If you see
something like:
<html><head></head><body></body></html>
then there is a syntax error. You may want to try changing your echo
statements in the form_output.php like this:
$input = $_POST[ 'name' ];
echo 'input = ' . $input;
echo '_POST[ "name" ] = ' . $_POST[ 'name' ];
Putting variable names inside double quoted strings is messy and often
leads to syntax or logic errors. It also slows down the parser.

Jul 17 '05 #2

dave_nul

Thanks, DJ. You were right:

PHP likes the
echo "input = $input";
but not the
echo "_POST[ 'name' ] = $_POST[ 'name' ]";

Perhaps array elements are not interpolated like in Perl. I'm
definitely new to PHP.

Jul 17 '05 #3

FrobinRobin

If the example code you gave is a copy n paste then I'm sure its not
working because of a typo:

echo "_POST[ 'name' ] = $_POST[ 'name' ]"; misses a $ on the first $_POST['name']
There isnt really a need to put a space in the variable name as far as
I'm aware?? and ur code shuld read better without the space.

Regards
- Rob

da******@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks, DJ. You were right:

PHP likes the
echo "input = $input";
but not the
echo "_POST[ 'name' ] = $_POST[ 'name' ]";

Perhaps array elements are not interpolated like in Perl. I'm
definitely new to PHP.

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