Problem passing form value

[cosmic_bird]

Hi, I'm trying to do a simple case of displaying a submitted value but I'm getting a blank output.

This is my form:

<form action="name.php" method ="post">

<input type ="text" size ="45" name="username">
<input type ="submit" value="submit">

</form>


This is the output page:

<?php
echo("your name is $username");
?>

and the output is just:

your name is


What am I doing wrong?

[tdob]

$username isnt assigned anything..

try to put this in the code..
$username=$_POST["username"];

This will assign the value submitted from the form ($_POST) to the variable $username

[cosmic_bird]

I still get a blank.

Shouldn't I be getting the follwing url?: name.php?username=cosmic_bird

the url I get is just name.php

[cosmic_bird]

Sorry tdob, it actually does work now, thanks!

[swdev]

When you use the POST method on a form, the URL is whatever is set in the action attribute fo the form, and the named fields on the form are accessible via the $_POST array.

When you use the GET method on the form, the named filelds are append to the action attribute and can thuse be seen. In this case, the variables are accessible via the $_GET array.

For diagnostic purposes, at the top of your name.php file, put the following lines of code

  echo 'POST Varaibles <br />';
  print_r ($_POST);
  
  echo 'GET Varaibles <br />';
   print_r ($_GET); 

This will display all the varaibles passed to name.php from either the ULR or vai the POST.

Hope this helps

[Reg]

The reason your URL is just name.php is because you are posting data, rather than getting data. However, your PHP code is correct. If you are getting blank data, something is wrong on your server end. Try checking your PHP configs. Also, what version of PHP are you running?

[tdob]

Hey,

I am a newbie, but this is generally the type of code I have with forms..

<?php if(isset($_POST["username"])) { 
$username=$_POST['username'];
echo 'Your username is '$username''; }
?>

Again, I am new to this as well, and I am not at home to check if it works, so its from the top of my head. The echo statement may be a little wrong, but the post part should work

[cosmic_bird]

everything seems to be working ok now, thanks guys!