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leaning
Joined: 10 Mar 2016
Posts: 3
Location: USA, GA
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 Posted: Fri 11 Mar '16 0:07 Post subject: Setup to get HTML form data to PHP file on local server |
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Ok, very new here. Here's what I did.
1. Downloaded XAMPP. Set up a local Apache server.
2. Created a directory C:/mylocalserver.
3. Changed the DocumentRoot and Directory in Apache's httpd.conf files to C:/mylocalserver.
4. Created an HTML webpage (welcome.html)and put that in the mylocalserver directory.
5. Created a PHP file (welcome.php) and put that in the mylocalserver directory.
6. When I double-click on the welcome.html file, it opens in Firefox. I input the name and e-mail and click the Submit button.
7. The webpage changes to show the code for welcome.php. (Is is supposed to do that??)
8. Now, on another tab in Firefox, I enter localhost/welcome.php.
9. It comes up to an error screen that says Welcome
Notice: Undefined index: name in C:\mylocalserver\welcome.php on line 4 and Your email address is:
Notice: Undefined index: email in C:\mylocalserver\welcome.php on line 5.
It's like the html file isn't sending anything to the php file. I don't know. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Regards, Leaning
welcome.html
| Code: | <html><body>
<form action="welcome.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body> </html> |
welcome.php
| Code: | <html><body>
Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>
Your email address is: <?php echo $_POST["email"]; ?>
</body></html> |
-Windows 10
-XAMPP for Windows 5.5.33 includes: Apache 2.4.17, MariaDB 10.1.10, PHP 5.5.33, phpMyAdmin 4.5.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2, XAMPP Control Panel 3.2.2, Webalizer 2.23-04, Mercury Mail Transport System 4.63, FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.41, Tomcat 7.0.56 (with mod_proxy_ajp as connector), Strawberry Perl 7.0.56 Portable |
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olwo
Joined: 11 Mar 2016
Posts: 1
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Fri 11 Mar '16 11:04 Post subject: |
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Hello,
"6. When I double-click on the welcome.html file, it opens in Firefox. I input the name and e-mail and click the Submit button.
7. The webpage changes to show the code for welcome.php. (Is is supposed to do that??) "
Yes, thats what you said it should do.
The html-file sends data to the Server together with a call for the php-File. The data is found in the Array $_POST.
If you open welcome.php alone the Array is just empty (or better the array has no index-entry called name and email) and that is the reason for the error message.
So technicaly everything works as expected from my point of view 
Regards
Olaf
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leaning
Joined: 10 Mar 2016
Posts: 3
Location: USA, GA
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| Posted: Fri 11 Mar '16 18:00 Post subject: |
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Olaf,
The welcome.php file does have the name and e-mail on it. It's supposed to say "Welcome John. Your email address is John@mail.com.". It just says "Welcome. you r email address is . and the two error messages. I don't think that's how it should work.
Any other ideas?
Regards,
John |
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leaning
Joined: 10 Mar 2016
Posts: 3
Location: USA, GA
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| Posted: Sun 13 Mar '16 6:20 Post subject: Solved |
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I figured out what I was doing wrong.
To view/run/open the html file, I was going to the server directory and double-clicking the file name. And it would open like you'd expect, but it wouldn't be running.
In order to get it to run (which is what needs to happen), I now know I have to open a browser, and then type in localhost/welcome.html and then it will run as it should and the php part will work like it should.
So, double-click the filename to edit and view, but to run it, that file name(path) has to be entered in a browser.
(So, if someone else complains of undefined index errors, ask them how they are accessing the html file. Are they going to the directory and double-clicking it, or are they entering the file path into the browser's search bar.)
Hope this helps others.
Regards,
leaning |
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