PHP: Form variables not registering

Question

I have an HTML form for a limo company's info, kind of like this:

<td>
     <input type="text" name="sedan-number-fleet" />
</td>
<td>
     <input type="text" name="sedan-year-range" />
</td>

and so on. When I put them into PHP, like so:

$input_sedan_number_fleet = strip_tags($POST['sedan-number-fleet']);
$input_sedan_year_range = strip_tags($POST['sedan-year-range']);

it comes out with no result when I try to echo it. Does it have to do with the strip_tags function? If you know, let me know. That would be great! Thanks!

kba · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27 22:37:58Z

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You don't access form-submitted data through $POST, but $_POST. Change your code to

$input_sedan_number_fleet = strip_tags($_POST['sedan-number-fleet']);
$input_sedan_year_range = strip_tags($_POST['sedan-year-range']);

And also, I hope you do more input validation than just strip_tags.

answered Mar 27, 2013 at 22:37

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kba Over a year ago

When you run into issues like these, start out by limiting the problems scope and locating the cause. First, I'd do a print_r($POST) then realize that $POST doesn't exist at which point you should confront the documentation. :)

ducin · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-27 22:38:08Z

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replace $POST with $_POST. This should do the job. Additionally, use $_GET instead of $GET and so on (read more here)

answered Mar 27, 2013 at 22:38

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Engineer Emily · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-22 09:16:18Z

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I was having trouble with this too. Try using " instead of '.

For example:

$input_sedan_number_fleet = strip_tags($_POST["sedan-number-fleet"]);
$input_sedan_year_range = strip_tags($_POST["sedan-year-range"]);

For some reason that worked for me.

answered Sep 22, 2015 at 9:16

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