strange value of a variable after a php form

Mon Dec 5 18:15:22 UTC 2005

On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:33 +0100, Jean-Philippe BATTU wrote:
> Hello
> 
> On FC4, I set up httpd 2.0.55 and php 4.xxx.
> I wrote a sample html code with a form like this :
> 
> 
> <html><body>
> <form method="post" action="011verif.php">
> Choix : <select name="nom">
> <option value="val1">val1</option>
> <option value="val2">val2</option>
> <option value="val3">val3</option>
> <option value="val4">val4</option>
> </select>
> <input type="submit" value="OK">
> </form>
> </body></html>
> 
> and I wrote 011verif.php like this:
> <?php
> $name = $_POST['name'];
> print("<center>value $name </center>");
> ?>
> 
> on php4.2.2 the output returned is :
> value val2name=val2
> 
> and on php4.3.10 the output returned is more correct :
> value val2
> 
> what is the difference between these two outputs ? the php configuration
> in php.ini is the same and I don't think that is a bug on php4.2.2

Try looking at the output of 
print_r($_POST);

it will show you the structure of the array.

Peter
> 
> Do you know this problem ?
> Thanks for your feedbacks
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Jean-Philippe BATTU
> Grenoble
> FRANCE
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