PHP Issues with <textarea> in a Form

Question

Forgive me for asking such a basic question, I am a beginner and not too familiar with PHP in general but I've looked around and have not found an IE compatible solution to my issue.

I used W3 schools: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_textarea.asp & http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_textarea_form.asp to find this out.

I am making a basic PHP form, in part of the form I have a for users to fill in and then pass the value to a variable to email off. Anyways, I've found a solution that works in Chrome/Opera/Mozilla but not IE, that is to use the form "id" tag.

<form method='post' id='usrform' action='form.php'>
<textarea name='details' form='usrform' rows='8' cols='60'></textarea>
</form>

So that I can do this.

$contents = $_REQUEST['details'];

Hopefully I have explained this well enough. :)

w3schools isn’t really the best place to begin, though. w3fools.com — Ry-
– Ry- ♦, Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 0:42
It simply does nothing, the page submits and the rest of the form data goes through without issue but its as if the $contents variable is completely empty. — Darek Gajda
– Darek Gajda, Commented Dec 24, 2012 at 0:43

user752723 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-24 00:43:27Z

2

Try

$contents = $_POST['details'];

instead of

$contents = $_REQUEST['details'];

answered Dec 24, 2012 at 0:43

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Darek Gajda Over a year ago

Hey this seemed to work! Thank you!! Any reason for this? I thought a $_REQUEST would be appropriate. I'd upvote you but I'm too new. ;)

user752723 Over a year ago

You don't need reputation to mark as answer. Just click the "check" near the upvote and downvote buttons. :)

Sterling Archer Over a year ago

$_REQUEST should work exactly the same as long as you don't modify the $_POST or $_GET during runtime. $_REQUEST contains all post, get, and cookie superglobals.

user752723 Over a year ago

$_GET is for forms that pass through the URL, (method='get'), $_POST is for forms that utilize method='post', and $_COOKIE is for cookies (little snippet of data, not securely, but saved on the browser). PRPGFerret is right, $_REQUEST should work for all of them, but it didn't in this case. :| I did read though that's it's generally better to use $_REQUEST, $_COOKIE OR $_POST when you are able. Glad my answer helped. Oh, and PLEASE mark as correct answer. :)

Darek Gajda Over a year ago

Awesome, thanks a ton guys that was a quick answer. It didn't let me mark it right away, I guess it has a 15 minute timer.

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