Would I use Javascript to code this?

JavaScript
1

I want to create a form with one text field.

When you type in something to the text field and click “submit” it then shows you another plain text page with <body> and </body> prefacing and then appended to the end of the text.

Is that clear? Basically just want to have the output include additional text. Thanks

2

Form submission is not something that requires javascript. Some developers may use it for that (ie Ajax) to give users a smoother browsing experience in certain cases.

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3

Ok, I think isee what you are doing now. Having a form add text to a web page can be achieved with javascript however I don’t see the point unless this is a purely academic exercise. Usually forms are used to submit data to a web server which then records that information in some kind of database. For the latter javascript would not be essential.

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4

It sounds to me that this is a job for a server-based language, such as PHP (if I am understanding you correctly).

You would normally specify where you want the form data to be sent in the action attribute of your <form> tag.

index.html

<form action="index.php" method="post">
  <label for="name">Enter your name:</label>
  <input Type="text" name="name" id="name "/><br>
  <input type="submit" />
</form>

Then in index.php you can access whatever data has been sent.

index.php

<?php
  $name = $_POST['name'];
  echo "Hello, " . $name;
?>

Is this the kind of thing you are after?

5

I’m just trying to figure how to add text to an output submission.

You put in your Name in a form, you click a Button, and then it outputs it with that NAME but with additional text.

Example:

I have a LABEL and an INPUT.

The Label says “Insert Name.” I type in my name in the INPUT and it is given the variable “MYNAME”.

I click Submit

It spits out: This is “MYNAME”

Where “This is” is the extra text. I want to biuld something like this, and i want to replace “This is” with html tags… that way it makes it easier to populate a table.

6

Actually, think I found my solution here: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_forms.asp

7

Erm, did you actually read my answer above? :slight_smile:
This is exactly what I gave you.

Also, I’d be a bit careful what you learn from the W3Schools site.
It’s ok as a quick reference, but not very good as a place to learn much beyond the basics.
This site explains it in more detail: http://www.w3fools.com/

8

Thank you!

By the way, any tips on how to make sure a php form can be encrypted or secure? So no one can inject any code?

9

Sanitize your user’s input before doing anything with it and use PDO if doing anything with databases.
Other than that if you have a concrete question, I would recommend heading over to the PHP forum and starting a new thread. There are a lot of clever folks there who will be happy to help.