PHP will not echo variables

Question

I have the following very basic PHP script:

    <?php
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

echo "This is the username: ";
echo $username;
?>

And this is the output:

This is the username:

I have my username and password parameters in my url. Why won't it echo the username?

Maybe they are passed by GET? As you ssy they re in the url. Use: $_GET instead of $_POST — jeprubio, Feb 20 '20 at 19:19
Data passed via the URL is found in the `$_GET` array not `$_POST`. — Dave, Feb 20 '20 at 19:20
You can also use `$_REQUEST` to access both URL and POST parameters. — Barmar, Feb 20 '20 at 19:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '20 at 19:22

It won't display because the parameters in the URL are parsed as GET and not POST.

Use $_GET['username'] to get the data from http://www.somesite.com?username=yash

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 19:22

-1

Try echoing the entire $_POST array. This might lead you to the problem.

echo  "<pre>".print_r($_POST,true)."</pre>";

answered Feb 20 '20 at 19:22

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