Getting submitted variables

[Kronos]

Hi,

when I use POST to get the data from a Form, I don't get the data on the other side and I don't know why. Could anyone help me with my problem? Thanks!

Here's an example of what I do:

//FORM.HTML

<form name="form1" method="post" action="test.php">
<input name="user" type="text" id="user">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

//TEST.PHP

$user=$_POST['user'];
echo $user;

[coopster]

You're not giving much to go on here, but the code snippet looks OK. Do you have two separate documents here (FORM.HTML and TEST.PHP)? If so, are they located in the same directory (root, by the looks of it) of your web server?

[Timotheos]

Could be your version of php. If it's before 4.1.0 then use $HTTP_POST_VARS.

[Kronos]

Well,

there are two files in the same directory (root of the web server) and the code I posted is the only code in the file. It's only a test file...

[jatar_k]

try using print_r [ca2.php.net]($_POST);
to see if there is any data in the POST array

[Knowles]

I have had issues recently with case of the values...
ie:
<form name="form1" method="post" action="test.php">
for me had to be
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="test.php">

Yes I know it shouldnt matter and it sounds odd. But it did on a few scripts. That was the only thing I changed between tries and it fixed it.

[vincevincevince]

i put those code snippets you gave exactly into files on my server and they worked fine.

PHP Version 4.2.2
Windows NT 5.1 build 2600
register_globals Off
safe_mode Off

[
_SERVER["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] CGI/1.1
_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] HTTP/1.1
_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] POST
]

Why not try using $_REQUEST[user'] or the HTTP_GET as above? Or try putting both parts in one file for the test.

[Kronos]

Yeah, thanks everyone. Finally, Timotheos was right. My version was lower than 4.1.0, which is why the way I did it didn't work. It worked with HTTP_POST_VARS. Thanks everyone!

[Timotheos]

Frustrating isn't it? I only thought of it cuz I went through the same thing.

[Kronos]

Let's just say I won't make THAT mistake twice :)

[jatar_k]

I won't make THAT mistake twice

none of us have yet but we've all done it once :)