[RESOLVED]PHP retrieve textbox value

[Osiris]

is there a way to retrieve a textbox value with PHP ?

for example...

<input type=textbox value=1 name="box">

is there a way to get the value of "box" into a PHP variable?

[ninjanutz]

yea in a php script type

<?php

echo $_POST['box'];

?>

this sends the value of "box" to ur web browser. in order to process the form to the way u want it u could either use conditionals, etc...

[{yak}]

You can access it through the $_POST (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php) superglobal:

echo $_POST['box'];

[ninjanutz]

in order to use $_POST the form method must be post u could also use form methof get and $_GET (get appends the information to the url and wen u call it it takes it straight from the url

[Osiris]

yea in a php script type

<?php

echo $_POST['box'];

?>

this sends the value of "box" to ur web browser. in order to process the form to the way u want it u could either use conditionals, etc...

But in order to do this you would need a form, a submit button and a change of url... what i was thinking of was getting the value of a textbox without changing the url and without having a form and without submitting anything. Is there a way?

[Osiris]

I don't know if there is a way since the values are client side and php is server side, but I ended up putting everything in a form and submitting it via submit button...

thanks everyone

[ninjanutz]

yea i dun think its possible with a form

[ninjanutz]

without*