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  • mike m
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    Referencing PHP_SELF variable within HTML Form - Problem...

    all,

    I am developing a simple web site that contains a form page. The
    apps utilized are apache 2.0.48, php 4.3.4 on redhat 8.0. I have
    built a simple web form with one text box and a submit button. The
    result of pressing the submit button should be php echo'ing the input
    back to the screen. Attached is the tiny code snippet below:

    ----------------------------------------------
    <html>
    <head><title>PH P Forms Example</title></head>
    <body>
    <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="POST">
    Type a string: <input type="text" name="myString" ><br>
    <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit
    Journal"><br><b r>
    </form>
    <?php
    print "You typed: $myString";
    ?>
    </body>
    </html>
    ----------------------------------------------

    The problem I am experiencing is that the print statement doesn't
    print anything back to output. If you notice, I changed the reference
    PHP_SELF due to 4.2.x modifications in php.ini.

    Any ideas?
    Mike
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    • Adams-Blake Company
      #2
      Re: Referencing PHP_SELF variable within HTML Form - Problem...

      mike m wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > ----------------------------------------------
      > <html>
      > <head><title>PH P Forms Example</title></head>
      > <body>
      > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="POST">
      > Type a string: <input type="text" name="myString" ><br>
      > <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit
      > Journal"><br><b r>
      > </form>
      > <?php
      > print "You typed: $myString";
      > ?>
      > </body>
      > </html>
      > ----------------------------------------------
      >
      > The problem I am experiencing is that the print statement doesn't
      > print anything back to output. If you notice, I changed the reference
      > PHP_SELF due to 4.2.x modifications in php.ini.
      >
      > Any ideas?
      > Mike[/color]

      You probably have "register_globa ls" turned OFF.... which is now the
      default.

      Try : print "You typed:" . $_POST['myString'];

      and see what you get.

      Al Canton
      Adams-Blake Company, Inc.
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        • Pedro Graca
          #3
          Re: Referencing PHP_SELF variable within HTML Form - Problem...

          mike m wrote:[color=blue]
          > The problem I am experiencing is that the print statement doesn't
          > print anything back to output. If you notice, I changed the reference
          > PHP_SELF due to 4.2.x modifications in php.ini.[/color]

          Because of the same thing you have to change $mystring

          Follow the other poster suggestion.
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          --= my mail box only accepts =--
          --= Content-Type: text/plain =--
          --= Size below 10001 bytes =--

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            • mike m
              #4
              Re: Referencing PHP_SELF variable within HTML Form - Problem...

              Pedro Graca <hexkid@hotpop. com> wrote in message news:<bt7hhf$44 c8n$1@ID-203069.news.uni-berlin.de>...[color=blue]
              > mike m wrote:[color=green]
              > > The problem I am experiencing is that the print statement doesn't
              > > print anything back to output. If you notice, I changed the reference
              > > PHP_SELF due to 4.2.x modifications in php.ini.[/color]
              >
              > Because of the same thing you have to change $mystring
              >
              > Follow the other poster suggestion.[/color]

              All,

              After reading this I was able to get this working. It helps to RTFM
              in more depth :)

              Thanks again for the quick response - I have dived into learning
              (struggling) php over the past 2 days; the newsgroup participants have
              been very helpful...

              Rgds,
              Mike M

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