How to convert a HTML Form Variable Passed to a PHP Script as a String?

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So I have this HTML:

<form action="tickeroutput.php">Ticker Symbol: <input type="text" name="ticker" method="get"/>
                <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
            </form>

And then I want to use the data contained in ticker, however I have this in tickeroutput.php, and it doesn't seem to want to work:

    $ticker = $_GET("ticker");

Is this not the correct format to have $ticker as a string? I specifically need what the user inputs as a string variable.

ahoura · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-09 23:50:32Z

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First of all I think you meant to write :

<form action="tickeroutput.php" method="get">Ticker Symbol: 
<input type="text" name="ticker"/>
                <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
            </form>

and to fix your problem you should replace $ticker = $_GET("ticker"); with $ticker = $_GET["ticker"]; replace () with []

answered Oct 9, 2011 at 23:50

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Brian Glaz · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-09 23:49:10Z

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You need to use square brackets, not (). $ticker = $_GET['ticker'] $_GET is an array.

answered Oct 9, 2011 at 23:49

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