Newbie. Just starting PHP. . . need help

I am just starting to learn PHP and as I read through my textbook, I am uploading the code examples, to try them out and get hands-on experience and all have worked up until this point. I am just curious as to what I have done wrong with this code.

<html>
<head>
<title>HelloForum.php</title>
</head>
<body>

<?
//Print a greeting if the form was submitted
if ($_POST['user'])
{
print "Hello, ";
// Print what the user submitted in the forum
print $_POST['user'];
print "!";
}
else
{
// otherwise display the forum!
print <<<_HTML_
<form method="POST" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
Your Name: <input type="text" name="user">
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Say Hello">
</form>
_HTML_;
}
?>

</body>
</html>

May 1 '07 #1

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Hi,

u should write

[PHP]if (isset($_POST['user']))[/PHP]

I am just starting to learn PHP and as I read through my textbook, I am uploading the code examples, to try them out and get hands-on experience and all have worked up until this point. I am just curious as to what I have done wrong with this code.

<html>
<head>
<title>HelloForum.php</title>
</head>
<body>

<?
//Print a greeting if the form was submitted
if ($_POST['user'])
{
print "Hello, ";
// Print what the user submitted in the forum
print $_POST['user'];
print "!";
}
else
{
// otherwise display the forum!
print <<<_HTML_
<form method="POST" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
Your Name: <input type="text" name="user">
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Say Hello">
</form>
_HTML_;
}
?>

</body>
</html>

susen

May 2 '07 #2

pr00xysp00f3r

THANK YOU :)

Hi,

u should write

[PHP]if (isset($_POST['user']))[/PHP]

susen

May 2 '07 #3

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