Unable to echo POST input

[Odisey]

Hello,
I am still getting these concepts. Help me learn. What is wrong here? Most echos are for testing.


Thank you,
Odisey

<?php #index php script 3.4
 
echo '<p> 1 </p>';
 
          require_once ('mysql_connect_wvdiamonds.php'); //Connect to server
 
 
echo '<p> Connected </p>';
 
          $id=1;
 
echo '<p> ID </p>';
 
          $query = "SHOW header FROM details1 WHERE des_id_pg1=$id";
 
echo '<p> Query </p>';    
 
          $result = mysql_query($query);   
 
echo '<p> Result </p>';    
 
          echo "<p> $_POST('$result') </p>"; 
 
echo '<p> Post echo 1</p>';          
 
          ?>

[pbmods]

Changed thread title to better match contents.

// Try this:
echo $_POST['varname'];
 
// Instead of this:
echo $_POST('varname');
 
// Also note that if you want to use an array element in a string, you must either omit the quote marks around the key name, or else use curly syntax:
echo "$_POST[varname]";
echo "{$_POST['varname']}";
 

http://php.net/string