Retrieving Submitted Data
Once the data if filled up in forms. In order to retreive data use the similar approach as :
<?php
// formtest2.php
if (isset ( $_POST ['name'] )) {
$name = $_POST ['name'];
} else {
$name = "(Not entered)";
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Form Test</title>
</head>
<body>
Your name is: $name
<br />
<form method="post" action="formtest2.php">
What is your name?
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}
?>
The only changes are a couple of lines at the start that check the $_POST associative array for the field name having been submitted. The previous topics introduced the $_POST associative array, which contains an element for each field in an HTML form.
