PHP POST data empty

Question

I'm working on a Google Compute Engine virtual instance to create a simple PHP application, I started testing the PHP environment and it seems the POST is not working properly because it is always empty

When I try var_dump and print_r, it returns null. I have also tried with $_REQUEST and is also empty.

What could be wrong?

Here is the form I'm using

<form id="main-contact-form" class="contact-form" action="test.php" method="POST">
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-6">
        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Nombre" name="name-contact">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-6">
        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Email" name="email">
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-12">
        <div class="form-group">
            <textarea name="message" id="message" required="required" class="form-control" rows="8" placeholder="Mensaje" name="message"></textarea>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-danger btn-lg">Enviar Mensaje</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

and in the test.php I try something like

echo($_POST['name-contact']);

but the error log says that the 'name-contact' index is missing

Did you remember to close the form? (). Also, what does your full sendemail.php file look like? — Jonas Lomholdt, Sep 29 '16 at 17:10
not enough code to support the question to top it off with what seems to be sending mail. — Funk Forty Niner, Sep 29 '16 at 17:12
What does `var_dump($_POST)` return? It looks like you've only tried it for `name-contact`. Have you tried it for the entire global var? — Wes Foster, Sep 29 '16 at 17:15
It's working correctly in my machine! **also note that these two files should be in the same directory** `:)` — Masked Man, Sep 29 '16 at 17:15
as I said, it is just test code, so in the sendemail.php I just have the echo to test if the POST works properly — Carlos Schuldiner, Sep 29 '16 at 17:16
@CarlosSchuldiner, I forgot to mention that in my PC I added those `php` tags as Jonas answer suggest! `:)` — Masked Man, Sep 29 '16 at 17:18
Please post a screenshot of the request and response headers. I could imagine the server is dropping the post variables (WAF style) OR there is kinda redirect somewhere. — Daniel W., Sep 29 '16 at 17:22
the print_r(get_defined_vars() returns nothing as well. how can I post a screenshot? — Carlos Schuldiner, Sep 29 '16 at 17:39

PHP POST data empty

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