Try instead:
if( $_POST['action'] =="test" ){ echo "Test";}
HTH
Ignatius
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michel Bakkenes - bakkenes.net" <michel@bakkenes.net>
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:26 PM
Subject: Variable won't be passed from HTTP address bar
> Ok.. I'm not a newbie I thought.. I do have experience with PHP, but I
> never suffered from this error.
>
> I used on my own redhat 8.0 server the following test-script:
>
> if($action=="test"){ echo "Test";}
>
> I tried it to run with: 127.0.0.1/index.php?action=test
>
> It doesn't print anything. (which means I even can't print hello world
> :P)
>
> Oh, other variable constructions like $bla = "blah" . echo $bla etc. do
> work..
>
> With regards,
>
> Michel Bakkenes
> J2ee developer
>
> Infolook BV
> Zevenbergen, The Netherlands
>
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