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PHP

Posted by Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

$_POST problems

I feel like this is a dumb question, but:

I have this in my login.php: if(isset($_POST['username']))

and the following form in the main page

<form action="login.php" method="POST" enctype="text/plain" class="login">
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <label>USERNAME</label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <input type="text" name="username">
            </td>
            <td>
                <label>PASSWORD</label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <input type="password" name="pass">
            </td>
            <td>
                <input type="submit" value="LOGIN">
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form>

why is it telling me that $_POST['username'] isn't set?

4 Answers

Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

the url was like http://www.insertwebsitehere.com/pagename.php?getvariable and the get variable was conflicting with the $_POST array so that was my problem

James Gill
PLUS
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Wendell,

The most fundamental reason is that you may not have submitted the username--in other words, so it becomes part of the $_POST array.

Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points
Wendell Pulsipher
Wendell Pulsipher
10,183 Points

Oh holy cow. I figured out the problem. I had a get variable set when I submitted the form. Good heavens the staff must be getting sick of me now posting stuff like this. Sorry

James Gill
PLUS
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Ah, so--it was a submission problem.