Hi brian, You have an error in line: print "You chose a $borderStyle border"; It should be like this: print "You chose".$_GET["borderStyle"]."border"; B'cause $_GET["borderStyle"] is the correct way to capture things that are sent thru url. And for POST variable it should be $_POST["borderStyle"] Try it.... ...SuDeEp... Brian <brian.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: OK, I'm new to php, so be gentle :) I have just installed PHP 5.0.2 on Windows XP Pro\IIS 5 I am learning PHP with one of those step by step books, and I have run into an issue with forms. They don't seem to be getting the variable I am passing. This code works: $testvar = "this is a test"; print $testvar; ?> But this does not: print "You chose a $borderStyle border"; ?> Even when I put 'filename.php?borderStyle=test' in the browser, with the entire url of course, it still only shows the print text, but not the variable. Any thoughts? I have also verified that the mappings are set with .php with verbs set to all or even GET, POST. Thanks for any help Belgarath the Ancient One -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
