webstudent Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Hi, I don't know why it's not working. I can't find my mistake(s). here is what I get after filling the form: Thank you, $name, for your posting: $posting "; ?> And here is my html code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>Forum Posting</title> </head> <body> <!-- Script 5.1 - posting.html --> <div><p>Please complete this form to submit your posting:</p> <form action="handle_post.php" method="post"> <p>First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" size="20" /></p> <p>Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name" size="20" /></p> <p>Email Address: <input type="text" name="email" size="30" /></p> <p>Posting: <textarea name="posting" rows="9" cols="30"></textarea></p> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send My Posting" /></p> </form> </div> </body> </html> and here is my PHP code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>Forum Posting</title> </head> <body> <?php // Script 5.2 - handle_post.php //This script receives five values from posting.html: first_name, last_name, email, posting, submit) ini_set ('display_errors', 1); // let me learn from my mistakes error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT); // Show all possible problems! // Get the values from the $_POST array: $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; $posting = $_POST['posting']; // Create a full name variable: $name = $first_name . ' ' . $last_name; // Print a message: print "<div>Thank you, $name, for your posting: <p>$posting</p></div>"; ?> </body> </html> and I saved both in the same directory (htdocs) since the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Are you loading the form through a URL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webstudent Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Yes, the whole time, under http://localhost/posting.html Now I just tried it again and it works. I don't why it didn't work. (may be I had to first restart the computer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Strange...well, I'm glad it's working now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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