Simple PHP $_post not working

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    #1

    Simple PHP $_post not working

    Ok i am new to php but this code is extremely simple and no matter what i do it wont work i get no errors or nothing just a blank screen after i press enter heres the code.


    HTML Code:
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'>
: <input type='text' />

<input type='submit' />
</form>

</body>
</html>
    PHP Code:
    <?php 

    $essay     = $_POST['essay'];


    echo     $essay; 

    ?>
    Tags: None
    #2
    PHP Code:
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <    html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <    head>
    <    meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <    title>Untitled Document</title>
    </    head>

    <    body>
    <    form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'>
    : <    input type='text' />

    <    input type='submit' />
    </    form>

    </    body>
    </    html> 
    you have something forgot to input there


    correct code is

    <form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'>
    : <input type='text' name='essay' />

    <input type='submit' />

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      #3
      Originally posted by whitewingz View Post
      PHP Code:
      <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
      <      html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <      head>
      <      meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
      <      title>Untitled Document</title>
      </      head>

      <      body>
      <      form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'>
      : <      input type='text' />

      <      input type='submit' />
      </      form>

      </      body>
      </      html> 
      you have something forgot to input there


      correct code is

      <form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'>
      : <input type='text' name='essay' />

      <input type='submit' />

      yeah right .. a tip also .. $_POST['name']; requests data from an submited INPUT TYPE not from a form .. you have named the <form action='filter.php' method='POST' name='essay'> instead input type .. where your data / text should be inserted ... and something else always !! close your damn </form> because if you forgot that and if you have more than 1 form action in your page /// the data can be send in a wrong way / :p cheers ..
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