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jwoodbr
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Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: melbourne vic australia
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 Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:04 am Post subject: retrieving variables |
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hey guys,
when posting a htm form the php page is loading however none of the variables are being read in. i have tried both post and get methods, however no change. any ideas?
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<form action="submit.php" method = post >
<label> ctn </label><input type="text" name="Ctn" >
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
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php code
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<p>
Thankyou for submitting your number.
<br> the number you have enetered is: <?php print $Ctn; ?>
</p>
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thanks in advance
oops, i have tried it with print("$ctn") and print($ctn) but this also has no effect |
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cmxflash
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| Try changing to <?php echo $_GET['Ctn'] ?>, or <?php echo $_POST['Ctn'] ?> is you want to use POST. |
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jwoodbr
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| worked a charm cheers! any explanation why this would work over the print method?? im new to web langauges. i should probably be heading over to a php forum to....... |
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cmxflash
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