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Asked: 2026-05-27T23:16:03+00:00

I was just making a simple registration form but suddenly run into a weird

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I was just making a simple registration form but suddenly run into a weird problem I’ve not had before. I can’t seem to assign and POST vars to variables or simply echo specific ones out. Though I can print_r/var_dump POST contents fine.

<html>
<head>
<title>Register</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', true);
echo 'cheese';
var_dump($_POST);  //Works here
$test = $_POST('username');  //Stops working here

The Firebug says there’s a 500 internal server error going on but I can’t understand why. Maybe someone has experienced this before?

Form code if it helps:

<form method="post" action="cl-register.php">
        <div style="width:100px;float:left">Username</div>  <input type="text" size="15" name="username" id="username" /><br />
        <div style="width:100px;float:left">Password</div> <input type="password" size="15" name="password" /><br />
        <div style="width:100px;float:left">Email</div> <input type="text" size="25" name="email" /><br />
        <input type="submit" value="Register!"  />
</form>
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  1. Editorial Team

    You are using parentheses instead of brackets. $_POST is an array, not a function. Try:

    $test = $_POST['username'];
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