[SOLVED] Need help with $_GET / Form

[Will-28]

Been trying many ways for when someone fills in the form, it will add the data on 2nd page where $x1 is. Can someone pls point me to the right direction?

 

1st page:

<form method="POST" action="../wmp.php?" style="display:inline;" target="I1">
<p><font face="Arial" size="1" color="#CCCCCC">Windows Media Player</font><br>
<input type="text" name="$x1" size="12" value="http://" style="border:1px solid #CCFF33; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; background-color:#CCCCCC"><input type="submit" value=">" name="$x1" style="border:1px solid #CCFF33; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; color:#CCFF33; background-color:#000000"></p>
</form>

 

2nd page

<?php 
$x1=$_GET['url']; 
echo "<PARAM NAME=\"URL\" VALUE=\"$x1\">"; ?>

[rarebit]

When using form's use $_POST, or $_REQUEST will get either. $_GET is for urls, e.g. www.a.com/index.html?name=value&crash=burn

[kenrbnsn]

The name in the <input> needs to be "url", not "$x1".

 

Ken

[phpSensei]

Well first of all

 

action="../wmp.php?"  << Is missing a http var like "?url=http://site.com" or something.

 

then you can use $_GET['url'], and print it out which will give you "http://ww.site.com".

 

Now if you want to get data posted from a form, name the textfield or whatver you have then use $_POST['textfield'] to get the data from one page or another, and the same goes for $_GET.

 

change

 

<input type="text" name="$x1"

to

 

<input type="text" name="url"

 

and change

 

$_GET['url']

 

to

 

$_POST['url']

[Will-28]

Thanks all, got it to work