easy questions with radio button-forms but just cant figure it out *solved*

[jwk811]

How can I retrieve the data from a radio button in a form? I know how to get all the others but I just can't figure out how this works.. I tried <input type="radio" name="1" value="(the input)"> and tried to catch the data like this
<?php
$name = $_POST['1'];
?>
and should the value come up in the variable?
when i sent that data in an email it came up "on"... what does that mean, lol?

[jwk811]

nevermind problem resolved.. it was the value thing but i just made a mistake with it

[Wintergreen]

There is no input with a radio button, you assign individual values (normally numbers) and check the value of the radio button options based on the name assigned to that group of radio buttons.