CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Volodymyr Samoilenko
Volodymyr Samoilenko

Reputation: 358

Cannot handle a form in php

I'm learning now php and i'm stuck in one place with handling form submit action. Im my input i'm trying to store user name in $_GET['firstname'] variable. But it's empty. I mean, that after checking if $_GET['firstname'] isset I get false. Where is my mistake?

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="section back">
            <form class="form myform" action="addcustomer.php" method="get">
                <span class="myformtitle">
                    Add new User
                </span>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col validate-input">
                        <span class="label-input">Firstname</span>
                        <input id="firstname" class="input myinput" type="text" name="firstname" placeholder="Enter your firstname" value="<?php if (isset($_GET['firstname'])) echo $_GET['firstname']?>">
                        <span class="focus-input"></span>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="col col-btn">
                    <button type="button" name="submit" class="btn sb-btn btn-block">
                        <span class="btn-sp">
                            Submit
                        </span>
                    </button>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>

    <?php
    if (isset($_GET['firstname'])) {
        echo '<script>console.log("' . $_GET['firstname'] . '")</script>';
    } else {
        echo '<script>console.log("no name")</script>';
    }
    ?>
</body>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (1)

Funk Forty Niner
Funk Forty Niner

Reputation: 74217

Change your button type from button to submit.

  • button types are for Javascript (JS).

  • submit types are used to process PHP (form) directives.

Upvotes: 3

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