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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Adding a Basic Form Working with Post Variables

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Posted by Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

It appears an empty array with no data in it. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I put the "action=process.php" property in the form tag then I created the php file with the same name, just like the professor did. Then I put the "<?php var_dump($_POST); ?>" code, send it again but it appears an empty array instead of the array with all the information submitted.

3 Answers

Romuald Le Bris
Romuald Le Bris
3,975 Points

I guess your problem is now solved but for the one's who might come back to this discussion for a similar problem,

Make sure that the name="" of your input corresponds to the name you declare in your $_POST[""] variable. Otherwhise the input value will be defined as Null. 

<td><input type="text" id="email" name="usermail"/></td>

$email = $_POST["email"];
// Here the value will be Null because we look for the name "useremail", not "email" in our input form.

Hope it will help some of you =)

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

Thank you very much Murat, I had a sintax error in that line.