mising something..but where 2

[Murugs]

My HTML

<input type="text" name="fullname"></p>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="basic.php" ENCTYPE="x-

http://www-form-urlencoded">

<p><input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit">
</form>

My PHP

<?
$conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "root");
mysql_select_db("sama",$conn);

$a1 = $_POST['fullname'];
echo $a1;

if ($_POST['submit'] == "submit")
{
$query = "INSERT INTO test values ('$a1')"; mysql_query($query);
}
?>

sama is by db and test is my table.
For some reason I am not able to echo the value of a1.

Upon pressing submit the db is populated but with no contents i.e the name is blank.

I am breaking my head for this simple problem.
Please help

regards
MP

 

[sleipnir214]

$a1 gets it's value from $_POST['fullname']. $_POST['fullname'] will get its value from a form field named "fullname". The HTML form you've listed does not have a form field named "fullname".

There is a field name "fullname" on the page, but it appears outside of the <form...>...</form> tags, so its value will not be submitted then the form is submitted.



Want the best answers? Ask the best questions!

TANSTAAFL!!

 

[Wishdiak]

Murugs,

It looks like you have these two lines

[red]<input type="text" name="fullname"></p>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="basic.php" ENCTYPE="x-www-form-urlencoded">[/red]

reversed.

Wishdiak

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[Murugs]

thanks guys....so simple.
really feel for this dumb post..sorry guys.

regards
MP