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  • Jeff Sandler
    #1

    why doesn't this work?

    All I'm trying to do is pass a value to a page from a link. First, here
    is the page with the link.


    <HTML>
    <HEAD></HEAD>
    <BODY>
    <FORM action=receiveP ost.php method=POST>
    <a href="receivePo st.php?abc=snaz zi&def=flattene d">click for amazing
    results and happiness at least through the weekend.</a>
    <BR><BR><inpu t type=text name=def>
    <BR><BR><inpu t type=submit value='push me'>
    </FORM>
    </BODY>
    </HTML>

    If you want to copy the above page, name it sendPost.htm

    Next, the page that receives and *SHOULD* display the results. Either
    it's not receiving or it's not displaying. Either way, I cannot get a
    value for abc. The text box is there just to see if I could pass data
    the way that I have experience with.

    <?php
    echo "<HTML>";
    echo "<HEAD></HEAD>";
    echo "<BODY>";
    echo "abc is $_POST[abc]";
    echo "<BR>def is $_POST[def]";
    echo "<BR><BR><a href='sendPost. htm'>go back</a>";
    echo "</BODY>";
    echo "</HTML>";
    ?>

    this file should be named receivePost.php

    Thank you in advance, o learned and generous and patient lot that thou art.
    Jeff Sandler
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    • Lee
      #2
      Re: why doesn't this work?

      Jeff Sandler said:[color=blue]
      >
      >All I'm trying to do is pass a value to a page from a link. First, here
      >is the page with the link.
      >
      >
      ><HTML>
      ><HEAD></HEAD>
      ><BODY>
      ><FORM action=receiveP ost.php method=POST>
      ><a href="receivePo st.php?abc=snaz zi&def=flattene d">click for amazing
      >results and happiness at least through the weekend.</a>
      ><BR><BR><inp ut type=text name=def>
      ><BR><BR><inp ut type=submit value='push me'>
      ></FORM>
      ></BODY>
      ></HTML>
      >
      >If you want to copy the above page, name it sendPost.htm
      >
      >Next, the page that receives and *SHOULD* display the results. Either
      >it's not receiving or it's not displaying. Either way, I cannot get a
      >value for abc. The text box is there just to see if I could pass data
      >the way that I have experience with.
      >
      ><?php
      >echo "<HTML>";
      >echo "<HEAD></HEAD>";
      >echo "<BODY>";
      >echo "abc is $_POST[abc]";
      >echo "<BR>def is $_POST[def]";
      >echo "<BR><BR><a href='sendPost. htm'>go back</a>";
      >echo "</BODY>";
      >echo "</HTML>";
      >?>
      >
      >this file should be named receivePost.php
      >
      >Thank you in advance, o learned and generous and patient lot that thou art.[/color]

      You'll find that we're actually more patient with questions that have anything
      at all to do with Javascript. You seem to have a PHP question.

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        • Joakim Braun
          #3
          Re: why doesn't this work?

          "Jeff Sandler" <ffej2ffej@dsle xtreme.com> skrev i meddelandet
          news:10skq3vduf ir3ae@corp.supe rnews.com...[color=blue]
          > All I'm trying to do is pass a value to a page from a link. First, here
          > is the page with the link.[/color]
          <snip>[color=blue]
          >
          > Next, the page that receives and *SHOULD* display the results. Either[/color]
          <snip>[color=blue]
          > <?php
          > echo "<HTML>";
          > echo "<HEAD></HEAD>";
          > echo "<BODY>";
          > echo "abc is $_POST[abc]";[/color]

          echo 'abc is ' . $_POST['abc'];

          Assuming that you get to the PHP page all right, you then need to 1) use the
          concatenation operator ".", 2) quote the array index into $_POST. (At least,
          the way I'm used to PHP)

          Joakim Braun


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            • Jeff Sandler
              #4
              Re: why doesn't this work?

              Thank you for your suggestions. The bad news is I tried them and it
              still doesn't work. I await your reply.




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                • Hywel Jenkins
                  #5
                  Re: why doesn't this work?

                  In article <10skq3vdufir3a e@corp.supernew s.com>,
                  ffej2ffej@dslex treme.com says...[color=blue]
                  > All I'm trying to do is pass a value to a page from a link. First, here
                  > is the page with the link.[/color]

                  <snip>

                  Where's the JavaScript?

                  --
                  Hywel http://kibo.org.uk/
                  I do not eat quiche.

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                    • Grant Wagner
                      #6
                      Re: why doesn't this work?

                      "Jeff Sandler" <ffej2ffej@dsle xtreme.com> wrote in message
                      news:10skq3vduf ir3ae@corp.supe rnews.com...[color=blue]
                      > All I'm trying to do is pass a value to a page from a link. First,[/color]
                      here[color=blue]
                      > is the page with the link.
                      >
                      >
                      > <HTML>
                      > <HEAD></HEAD>
                      > <BODY>
                      > <FORM action=receiveP ost.php method=POST>
                      > <a href="receivePo st.php?abc=snaz zi&def=flattene d">click for amazing
                      > results and happiness at least through the weekend.</a>
                      > <BR><BR><inpu t type=text name=def>
                      > <BR><BR><inpu t type=submit value='push me'>
                      > </FORM>
                      > </BODY>
                      > </HTML>
                      >
                      > If you want to copy the above page, name it sendPost.htm
                      >
                      > Next, the page that receives and *SHOULD* display the results. Either
                      > it's not receiving or it's not displaying. Either way, I cannot get a
                      > value for abc. The text box is there just to see if I could pass data
                      > the way that I have experience with.[/color]

                      -abc- is not going to be passed to -receivePost.php- if the -submit-
                      button is being clicked (it is not part of the form).

                      -abc- will be passed to -receivePost.php- if you click the hypertext
                      link, but it won't be part of a POST, it will be the result of a GET.

                      To retrieve the value of -abc- in <a
                      href="receivePo st.php?abc=snaz zi&def=flattene d"> you need to retrieve

                      $_GET['abc']

                      not

                      $_POST['abc']

                      --
                      Grant Wagner <gwagner@agrico reunited.com>
                      comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq


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                        • Michael Winter
                          #7
                          Re: why doesn't this work?

                          On 23 Dec 2004 10:55:35 -0600, Jeff Sandler <ffej2ffej@dsle xtreme.com>
                          wrote:
                          [color=blue]
                          > Thank you for your suggestions. The bad news is I tried them and it
                          > still doesn't work. I await your reply.[/color]

                          As Lee implied, you'd find more help at a PHP group like comp.lang.php.

                          However, I can tell you that you should be using $_GET not $_POST, and you
                          should be able to improve performance by only writing the dynamic parts:

                          <?php
                          if(count($_GET) ) {
                          echo "\t<dl>\n";
                          foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
                          echo "\t<dt>$key </dt><dd>$value</dd>\n";
                          }
                          echo "\t</dl>\n";
                          } else {
                          echo "<p>No name/value pairs were sent to this page.</p>\n";
                          }
                          ?>

                          A full example (in plain text) can be found at
                          <URL:http://www.mlwinter.pw p.blueyonder.co .uk/clj/sandler/get.php.txt>.

                          Good luck,
                          Mike

                          --
                          Michael Winter
                          Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail.

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