PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fourth Edition

3. HTML Forms and PHP

In This Chapter

Creating a Simple Form 50

Choosing a Form Method 54

Receiving Form Data in PHP 57

Displaying Errors 61

Error Reporting 64

Manually Sending Data to a Page 67

Review and Pursue 72

The previous chapter provided a brief introduction to the topic of variables. Although you’ll often create your own variables, you’ll also commonly use variables in conjunction with HTML forms. Forms are a fundamental unit of today’s Web sites, enabling such features as registration and login systems, search capability, and online shopping. Even the simplest site will find logical reasons to incorporate HTML forms. And with PHP, it’s stunningly simple to receive and handle data generated by them.

With that in mind, this chapter ...