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stord2000 · - Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 4

Notice: Undefined variable: Text in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\php\borderMaker.php on line 22

I cannot find what i did wrong here are the two files am working on

HTML code for the form on borderMaker.html
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Font choices </title>

</head>

<body>
<center>
<h1> Font Choices</h1>
<hr>Demonstrate how to read HTML form Elements</h3>

<form method = "post"
action = "borderMaker.php">

<h3> Text to modify</h3>

<textarea name = "Text"
rows = "10"
cols = "40">
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent a new nation, conveived in librety and dedication to the
proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in
a great global war, testing whether that nation or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
</textarea>

<table border =2>
<tr>
<td> <h3> Border Style</h3></td>
<td colspan = "2"><h3> Border style</h3></td>
<td><h3> Border color</h3></td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name = borderStyle>
<option value = "ridge"> ridge</option>
<option value = "groove"> groove</option>
<option value = "double"> double</option>
<option value = "inset"> inset</option>
<option value = "outset"> outset</option>
</select>
</td>

<td>
<select size =5
name = borderSize>
<option value = "1">1</option>
<option value = "2">2</option>
<option value = "3">3</option>
<option value = "5">5</option>
<option value = "10">10</option>
</select>
</td>

<td>
<input type = "radio"
name = "sizeType"
value "px">pixels<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "sizeType"
value "pt">points<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "sizeType"
value "pt">points<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "sizeType"
value "cm">centimeters<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "sizeType"
value "in">inches<br>

</td>
<td>
<input type = "radio"
name = "borderColor"
value "green">green<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "borderColor"
value "red">red<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "borderColor"
value "blue">blue<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "borderColor"
value "yellow">yellow<br>
<input type = "radio"
name = "borderColor"
value "maroon">maroon<br>

</td>

</tr>
</table>

<input type = "submit"
value = "show Me">
</form>
</body>

</html>

Now the Php code for borderMaker.php
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Your Output</title>

</head>

<body>
<h1><center> Your Output</center></h1>
<center>
<?

$theStyle=<<<HERE
"border-width:$borderSize$sizeType;
border-style:$borderStyle;
border-color :green"
HERE;

print "<div style = $theStyle>";
print $Text;
print "</span>";
?>

</center>
</body>

</html>

I am unable to find my error

midtoad · - Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1

try posting on a PHP forum instead of a server forum and you might get more, or better, answers. Visit php.net.

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

These are notices which tell you that the variable is Undefined
so far but if you have the script working properly , you can use
this at the top of your PHP code to take off Notices.

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: