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Posted by gopinath para
gopinath para
2,880 Points

Help with var_dump

Hello guys,

Present i'm at [http://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-php-application/adding-a-contact-form/working-with-post-variables] And i have a quick question.my form has correct HTML.i used Following code in contact-process.php to display form data

<?php var_dump($_POST); ?>

But when i submit the form i'm getting array(0) { }

But not data.Any suggestions?? Randy Hoyt Zac Gordon

3 Answers

Randy Hoyt
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Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Randy Hoyt
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Two questions:

(1) Does your form have a method attribute of post?

<form method="post">

(2) Do your form fields have name attributes?

<input type="text" name="message">

I suspect one of those is missing.

Does that help?

gopinath para
gopinath para
2,880 Points
gopinath para
gopinath para
2,880 Points

Hai Randy,

thanks for the reply, I appreciate it :) Sorry.. My fault.I missed name attributes.Thanks again :)

Cheers

William Schott
William Schott
1,624 Points
William Schott
William Schott
1,624 Points

I am having the same problem with a returned array{0}. I have a method attribute of post, and form fields that have name attributes. please help.