Very Computer

says...

Quote:> Read the PHP documentation.  There is only one thing that does not make
> complete sense to me.  How does one get the posted and queried variables?

> Example:
> page1.html has a form as follows
> <form action="GetMe.php3" method="post">
> <input type=text name="Querybox">
> </form>

> How, on my GetMe page, do I retrieve the value for Querybox?

echo $Querybox;

I think you are thinking too much.  All GET, POST, Cookie and environment
variables are available automatically in the PHP symbol table.  You don't
have to do anything.

-Rasmus

The docs *do* need a little work. They mention in a couple of places
that GET/POST variables become regular PHP variables, but they don't
make it *really* clear. But there are some good examples available (see
the Links section from the main PHP webpage).

Quote:> Example:
> page1.html has a form as follows
> <form action="GetMe.php3" method="post">
> <input type=text name="Querybox">
> </form>

> How, on my GetMe page, do I retrieve the value for Querybox?

Two different ways you can do it:
  <?php echo $Querybox; ?>
  <?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS{"Querybox"}; ?>

In any case, as you can see, GET and POST variables for form elements
with <name=something> become regular PHP vars called $something.

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