forms and php

[sarabjit]

i'm at my wits end to solve this thing...

i have a simple form with only one field (userQuery) on one page which is being analyzed in the next...

here's the form:
[b]
<form action="search.php" method="get">
<tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center">
<input name="userQuery" type="text" id="userQuery" size="86">
</div></td></tr>
<tr><td width="225"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search"></td>
</tr>
</form>[/b]

and here's the code in search.php which picks this query:
[b]
<?php
if (isset($userQuery)) {
...
}
else {
...
}
?>[/b]

the condition isset ($userQuery) however is always resulting in false, even though my address bar shows:
http://.../search.php?userQuery=test&Submit=Search

Any ideas??

[Hooker]

try:

[code]if (isset($_GET['userQuery'])) [/code]

[sarabjit]

it worked!! thanks!!

will i need to do this for every variable??

[Hooker]

if your getting info from the URL it always helps :)

[sarabjit]

Thanks!!

[redbullmarky]

[!--quoteo(post=358288:date=Mar 25 2006, 05:45 PM:name=sarabjit)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(sarabjit @ Mar 25 2006, 05:45 PM) [snapback]358288[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
Thanks!!
[/quote]

just to elaborate on what Hooker said, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use $_GET if refering to a URL parameter. and ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use $_POST if refering to variables posted by a form.
i've been done over with this in the past, as not paying attention to where you want the variables to come from can lead to all sorts of problems.