I can’t really use PHP and from what I’ve seen in tutorials this should work, but it doesn’t:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<form>
<input type='text' name="name" value='myName'>
</form>
<p>
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
echo $name
?>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Is there a reason I can’t get the value of name? Sorry for asking such a simple question…
here is the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/DCmu5/1/, so, please try what you said and send it to me only when it works before answering
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Answer
PHP is a server-side language, so you’ll need to submit the form in order to access its variables.
Since you didn’t specify a method, GET is assumed, so you’ll need the $_GET super-global:
echo $_GET['name'];
It’s probably better though, to use $_POST (since it’ll avoid the values being passed in the URL directly. As such, you can add method attribute to your <form> element as follows:
<form method="post">
<input type='text' name="name" value="myName" />
<input type="submit" name="go" value="Submit" />
</form>
Notice I also added a submit button for good measure, but this isn’t required. Simply hitting return inside the textbox would submit the form.