undefined variable

[chin Tang]

Anyone help me check my coding.The error will be undefined variable of "$ptitle".

<textarea name="ptitle" cols="100" rows="3" class="txt_blacknormal" id="ptitle"><?php echo $ptitle; ?></textarea>

//undefined variable $msg.

<?php
 if ($msg != '')
   {
    echo "<tr>
     <td class=\"text9\"><div align=\"right\"><span class=\"txt_redrequired\">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div></td>
                      <td height=\"26\" colspan=\"3\" class=\"text8\"><div align=\"left\"><em class=\"txt_redrequired\">$msg</em></div></td>
                      </tr>
	<tr><td>&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>";	
    }?>

[agam]

Where is $ptitle defined?
Naming the form atribute via html wont connect it to php because it dosn't work like that(php is erver side and html client side).
Could you post the full code?
I cant analyze the problem without it.

[Richard Ryan]

If this is an html form that posts to itself, you need to be sure to give the following commands before hand:

if (isset($_POST['ptitle'])){
  $ptitle = $_POST['ptitle'];
{

[chin Tang]

thank you for replied me.I settled the problems already.

[agam]

Nice work, never hesitate to ask We are here to help.