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Asked: 2026-05-26T20:54:34+00:00

I just got started with php. I have a form in a web page

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I just got started with php. I have a form in a web page that directs to handle.php, like this:

<form action = "handle.php" method="post">
    <p><b>name:</b> <input type = "text" name = "name" size="20"/><p>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit my info">
</form>

In my handle.php, this is what I have:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <title> Hello! </title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php
        echo "<p>Name: $_REQUEST['name']<p>";
        ?>
        <p> Hi</p>
    </body>
</html>

This page appears completely empty. Interestingly, if I remove $_REQUEST['name'], then everything is fine. Seems to me that calling $_REQUEST makes the page empty (i check the source code and theres nothing there).

What am I doing wrong? thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have error reporting off and you are receiving a fatal error, which is why you are not seeing anything. Inline variables can’t be used the way you do it so try replacing your echo with this:

    echo "<p>Name: ".$_REQUEST['name']."<p>";

    or this:

    echo "<p>Name: {$_REQUEST['name']}<p>";
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