Unable to fetch the data using POST method in php

Asked May 21 '16 at 14:38

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I'm trying to post user's form data from the html to php file using the POST method but the Php file is not getting the data.

Here's the code of my html file:

<html>
<body>

<form action="killer.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

Here is the code of my php file:

<!doctype html>
<body>

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>
Your email address is: <?php echo $_POST["email"]; ?>

</body>
</html>

The file-names are correct and both files are in the same folder. Kindly help.

asked May 21 '16 at 14:38

Shubam Jayswal

running local or hosted? http or file:/// ? you need to define "not working" here. – Funk Forty Niner May 21 '16 at 14:39
is this a .php file? u tried changing the name attribute of the name field to something else eg, full-name. – TheDeveloper May 21 '16 at 14:42
Are you sure that the PHP is in the file `killer.php` and that it links up? Try opening the page by itself and see if there is an error for undefined index shown. – Jack Hales May 21 '16 at 14:45
and the comments keep piling up, *lovely*. – Funk Forty Niner May 21 '16 at 14:46
Yes. I named the php file as killer.php . I also changed the name attribute but it doesn't help. The php file is working, but it isn't displaying the attributes taken by the $_POST. – Shubam Jayswal May 21 '16 at 14:47
Yes it does say error for undefined index at line 4 when I open it on local host. – Shubam Jayswal May 21 '16 at 14:48
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Try doing a `print_r($_POST);` and see if that works. And @Fred-ii- ikr xD – Jack Hales May 21 '16 at 14:48
@Jek Sorry, the *"ikr"* - I don't know the lingo ;-) – Funk Forty Niner May 21 '16 at 14:49
@ShubamJayswal plz post the complete error – Madhawa Priyashantha May 21 '16 at 14:49
Oh damn lemme teach you some slang ;) Ikr = I know right @Fred-ii- – Jack Hales May 21 '16 at 14:50
I tried doing print_r($_POST["name"]) instead of "echo", but still it doesn't show me the $_POST variables. All it shows is: Welcome ____ Your email address is___ – Shubam Jayswal May 21 '16 at 14:54
The complete problem is that I'm able to get the user input the "name" and the "email" field but their values are not able to pass on to the php file. I've posted my code above. Kindly help. – Shubam Jayswal May 21 '16 at 14:57

Unable to fetch the data using POST method in php

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