Issue with forms in PHP

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php $_POST array empty upon form submission

I am trying to have a form filled out, then the data displayed on another page. The first document is this

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="testerpage.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="testname">
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

The other page (testerpage.php) is this

<html>
<body>
<?php 
echo $_POST["testname"];
?>
</body>
</html>

Why won't testerpage display the information from the first page(named welcome.php)? It doesn't work with "get" either

try to type in address bar: `testerpage.php?testname=welcome`. Is it work? — SYNCRo, Oct 17 '12 at 22:46
@Baba It's not the reference I was looking for [...], there was a better debugging howto somewhere [...] — mario, Oct 17 '12 at 22:49
What do you mean `welcome doesn't work` ????? you see you can see anything on the page ?? use `var_dump($_REQUEST)` — Baba, Oct 17 '12 at 22:50
code looks good, check your server error log if you see any error, — mbouzahir, Oct 17 '12 at 22:51
There is absolutely nothing on the page... and where do I put var_dump($_REQUEST)? I'm new to php — WillumMaguire, Oct 17 '12 at 22:53
This might sound weird, but what do you have in the field when you post it? — Eduárd Moldován, Oct 17 '12 at 22:54
I have tried everything from my name, to numbers, to special characters, to profanity. None of it works — WillumMaguire, Oct 17 '12 at 22:55
Can we see this page somehow? Do you have access to the server's error log? — Eduárd Moldován, Oct 17 '12 at 22:56
I don't know, I am completely new to this. I have xampp 1.8.1, where would the error log be? — WillumMaguire, Oct 17 '12 at 22:59
can you add `error_reporting(E_ALL);` and `ini_set("display_error", "On");` to the top of your page ..and tell me what you get — Baba, Oct 17 '12 at 22:59
Check source code of resulting HTML page. Maybe PHP is disabled and PHP code just is not executed. If so, you should see your PHP code inside HTML output. — Marat Tanalin, Oct 17 '12 at 23:03
When I view source code of testerpage I do see the php, and I know just enough that I shouldn't be able to. — WillumMaguire, Oct 17 '12 at 23:05
I just figured it out, I wasn't going to localhost/welcome.php, I was just running it from notepad++. It works now — WillumMaguire, Oct 17 '12 at 23:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '12 at 23:08

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Given that you have untouched PHP code in your HTML output, it turns out PHP is disabled on your server so PHP code is not executed at all. Consult your hosting provider technical support on enabling PHP on server.

answered Oct 17 '12 at 23:08

Marat Tanalin

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