Dreamweaver 8 with ASP, Coldfusion, & PHP

Question

I am new to php and I am trying to work thru Dreamweaver 8
with ASP, Coldfusion and PHP Training from the Source. I have a
real simple form. A user enters their first and last name then
clicks the submit button. The form is then processed with a script
using $_GET[first_name]; $_GET[last_name]; and it should display
"Thank you, first_name last_name, for using my form." But the page
show the html with a Notice: Undefined index: first_name in
C:\htdocs\newland\test_form_processor.php on line 9. Line nine is -
<p>Thank you, <?php echo $_GET['first_name']; ?>
<?php echo $_GET['last_name']; ?>, for filling out my
form.</p>. This was accomplished using the binding panel in
DW. There is not any kind of trouble shooting in the book. Can
someone tell me what this means? It worked like it is supposed to
work when I had just the first name.

Answer 1

Charles67 wrote:
> I am new to php and I am trying to work thru Dreamweaver
8 with ASP,
> Coldfusion and PHP Training from the Source.
I don't have a copy of that book. I wrote my own instead. ;-)
> Notice: Undefined index: first_name in
> C:\htdocs\newland\test_form_processor.php on line 9.
Line nine is - <p>Thank
> you, <?php echo $_GET['first_name']; ?> <?php
echo $_GET['last_name']; ?>, for
> filling out my form.</p>.
It means that the first_name variable isn't being passed from
the form.
PHP is case-sensitive. Your form needs to look something like
this:
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="get"
action="test_form_processor.php">
<p>First name: <input type="text" name="first_name"
id="first_name" /></p>
<p>Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name"
id="last_name" /></p>
<input type="submit" name="submit1" id="submit1"
value="Send" />
</form>
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
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