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"Hello World" php test not displaying correctly. Cant get PHP code to "POST" either

Posted by: jboyette (---.carolina.res.rr.com)

Date: February 09, 2014 05:08AM

Version of Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit)
Version of Wamp Server installed Wamp 2.4
Version of Apache you are running Apache 2.4.4 (Win 32
Version of MySQL you are running MySQL 5.6.12
Version of PHP you are running PHP 5.4.16

Hello World Test Problem:

Installed Wamp 2.4 and went through the Sticky Forum "Wampserver 2.4 What to do after Installing" and did all of that.

testing out the simple "hello world" php test with this code:

<html>
<head>
<title>First PHP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo '<h1>Hello, world!</h1>';
?>
</body>
</html>

Produces this text on browser (Mozilla Firefox 27.0): Hello, world!'; ?>

On Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 it will not open at all.

$_POST not displaying values, instead variable names Problem

I continued on with using this "Head First PHP&MySQL" book with an .html and .php file downloaded from their website for testing:

.HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"[www.w3.org];
<html xmlns="[www.w3.org]; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Aliens Abducted Me - Report an Abduction</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<h2>Aliens Abducted Me - Report an Abduction</h2>

<p>Share your story of alien abduction:</p>
<form method="post" action="report.php">
<label for="firstname">First name:</label>
<input type="text" id="firstname" name="firstname" /><br />
<label for="lastname">Last name:</label>
<input type="text" id="lastname" name="lastname" /><br />
<label for="email">What is your email address?</label>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" /><br />
<label for="whenithappened">When did it happen?</label>
<input type="text" id="whenithappened" name="whenithappened" /><br />
<label for="howlong">How long were you gone?</label>
<input type="text" id="howlong" name="howlong" /><br />
<label for="howmany">How many did you see?</label>
<input type="text" id="howmany" name="howmany" /><br />
<label for="aliendescription">Describe them:</label>
<input type="text" id="aliendescription" name="aliendescription" size="32" /><br />
<label for="whattheydid">What did they do to you?</label>
<input type="text" id="whattheydid" name="whattheydid" size="32" /><br />
<label for="fangspotted">Have you seen my dog Fang?</label>
Yes <input id="fangspotted" name="fangspotted" type="radio" value="yes" />
No <input id="fangspotted" name="fangspotted" type="radio" value="no" /><br />
<img src="fang.jpg" width="100" height="175"
alt="My abducted dog Fang." /><br />
<label for="other">Anything else you want to add?</label>
<textarea id="other" name="other"></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" value="Report Abduction" name="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

.PHP Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"[www.w3.org];
<html xmlns="[www.w3.org]; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Aliens Abducted Me - Report an Abduction</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Aliens Abducted Me - Report an Abduction</h2>

<?php

session_start();
$name = $_POST['firstname'] . ' ' . $_POST['lastname'];
$when_it_happened = $_POST['whenithappened'];
$how_long = $_POST['howlong'];
$how_many = $_POST['howmany'];
$alien_description = $_POST['aliendescription'];
$what_they_did = $_POST['whattheydid'];
$fang_spotted = $_POST['fangspotted'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$other = $_POST['other'];

$to = 'owen@aliensabductedme.com';
$subject = 'Aliens Abducted Me - Abduction Report';
$msg = "$name was abducted $when_it_happened and was gone for $how_long.\n" .
"Number of aliens: $how_many\n" .
"Alien description: $alien_description\n" .
"What they did: $what_they_did\n" .
"Fang spotted: $fang_spotted\n" .
"Other comments: $other";
mail($to, $subject, $msg, 'From:' . $email);

echo 'Thanks for submitting the form.<br />';
echo 'You were abducted ' . $when_it_happened;
echo ' and were gone for ' . $how_long . '<br />';
echo 'Number of aliens: ' . $how_many . '<br />';
echo 'Describe them: ' . $alien_description . '<br />';
echo 'The aliens did this: ' . $what_they_did . '<br />';
echo 'Was Fang there? ' . $fang_spotted . '<br />';
echo 'Other comments: ' . $other . '<br />';
echo 'Your email address is ' . $email;
?>

</body>
</html>

HTML form displays properly and hitting the "submit" button produces this text on browser (Mozilla Firefox 27.0):

Aliens Abducted Me - Report an Abduction
'; echo 'You were abducted ' . $when_it_happened; echo ' and were gone for ' . $how_long . '
'; echo 'Number of aliens: ' . $how_many . '
'; echo 'Describe them: ' . $alien_description . '
'; echo 'The aliens did this: ' . $what_they_did . '
'; echo 'Was Fang there? ' . $fang_spotted . '
'; echo 'Other comments: ' . $other . '
'; echo 'Your email address is ' . $email; ?>

shows .php variable names versus values inputted on html form as well as the echo's.

On Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 .html displays properly but hitting "submit" button will then ask to open the .php file which does not occur.

any idea on what I need to do to get this working correctly? thanks

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