PHP Forum

**arakkathara** · 04-23-2006, 08:10 AM

I have problem when trying to process a html from with php. php is running fine on apache server. i could get results when assigning values to the variables and print it. the problem is when trying to send the values from a html form. the code is as follows.

<HTML>
<TITLE>HTML Form</TITLE>
<BODY>
<FORM ACTION="handleform.php" METHOD=GET>
FirstName<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="firstname"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
</FORM>
</BODY>
<HTML>

the php file is as follows.

<HTML>
<TITLE>
Form Results
</TITLE>
<BODY>
<?php
print "The name you have entered is $firstname<br>";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

the url shows http://localhost/handleform.php?f=chris&SUBMIT=Submit

the out put is just

The name you have entered is

can smone help with this. I'm very new to PHP

**nasaboy007** · 04-23-2006, 02:02 PM

ok first of all, try changing the <form method="get"> to <form method="post">.

then use the variable $_POST['firstname'] to get the info from the html form into the php.

if u want, u can add $firstname = $_POST['firstname']; on the first line of the php code so that u can use $firstname as ur variable.

**arakkathara** · 04-24-2006, 07:38 AM

Thanx...That works..