trouble passing arguments

Walt Last

I have a RedHat Linux 8.0 system. I have started the httpd (Apache
2.0.40) process and can now fetch pages from the server. I have a
test htlm page which has a form that will take a string and try to
send it back. The variable being passed in the form is not being
displayed by the php script. This must be so simple that I am just
overlooking something.

<html>
<body>
<form action="testecho.php" method="POST">
Enter String: <input type="text" instring="instring" />
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

---------- testecho.php code -----------------

<html>
<body>
string 1
<br>
<?php
$v1="string 2";
echo $v1;
?>
<BR>
<?php
$v1="string 3";
echo $v1; ?>
<br>
<?php
echo $_POST["instring"];
?>

</body>
</html>
----------- load the page and enter a string into form then submit
-----------
--------- the output of the returned html code is as follows
-----------

string 1
string 2
string 3

---------- the string I enter on the form is missing ---------

I do not understand why the variable from the form is not being
passed.

Jul 17 '05 #1

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3345

Doc Dunning

Walt

Maybe its just that your form should say "name=instring" rather than
"instring=instring"?
"Walt Last" <ki**********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41*************************@posting.google.co m...

I have a RedHat Linux 8.0 system. I have started the httpd (Apache
2.0.40) process and can now fetch pages from the server. I have a
test htlm page which has a form that will take a string and try to
send it back. The variable being passed in the form is not being
displayed by the php script. This must be so simple that I am just
overlooking something.

<html>
<body>
<form action="testecho.php" method="POST">
Enter String: <input type="text" instring="instring" />
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

---------- testecho.php code -----------------

<html>
<body>
string 1
<br>
<?php
$v1="string 2";
echo $v1;
?>
<BR>
<?php
$v1="string 3";
echo $v1; ?>
<br>
<?php
echo $_POST["instring"];
?>

</body>
</html>
----------- load the page and enter a string into form then submit
-----------
--------- the output of the returned html code is as follows
-----------

string 1
string 2
string 3

---------- the string I enter on the form is missing ---------

I do not understand why the variable from the form is not being
passed.

Jul 17 '05 #2

Derek Sorensen

On 20 Sep 2003 15:44:52 -0700, ki**********@hotmail.com (Walt Last)
wrote:

I have a RedHat Linux 8.0 system. I have started the httpd (Apache
2.0.40) process and can now fetch pages from the server. I have a
test htlm page which has a form that will take a string and try to
send it back. The variable being passed in the form is not being
displayed by the php script. This must be so simple that I am just
overlooking something.

<html>
<body>
<form action="testecho.php" method="POST">
Enter String: <input type="text" instring="instring" />

Try:

Enter String: <input type="text" name="instring" />

Regards,

--
Derek Sorensen
http://goldcrossdata.co.uk

Jul 17 '05 #3

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