php variables

lonestreaker · - Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Seabeck, WA

Here are the bodies of the two files:

test.htm
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<body>

<form action="processform.php" method=POST>

<input type="text" name="whatever">

<input type="submit">

</form>

</body>

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processform.php
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<body>

<?php

print "$whatever /n";

?>

</body>

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when ever i submit the data, the php script brings up a notice about not having any values for the $whatever variable. the book that i am teaching myself with shows that as the correct format too. i've reinstalled both abyss and php a number of times now, and i made sure to follow the instruction exactly as they were on the site, so i don't know what to do now. hope you guys can help me. heh, it'll probably end up being something stupid that i didn't do right :D

TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

That is a old PHP varibal , you could use $_REQUEST[whatever] instead
of $whatever and the PHP varibal will become registered , otherwise
turn Register Globals on but that can cause security problems from
what I was told , I know this because I study PHP also. 8)

P.S. /n should be \n (I always get that mixed up also)

lonestreaker · - Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Seabeck, WA

thanks for the help. couldn't really do anything without the variable stuff :D