how to get form data in php code example

Example: how to access form data usinf method get

// Check if the form is submitted
if ( isset( $_POST['submit'] ) ) {

// retrieve the form data by using the element's name attributes value as key

echo '

form data retrieved by using the $_REQUEST variable

' $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname']; $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname']; // display the results echo 'Your name is ' . $lastname .' ' . $firstname; // check if the post method is used to submit the form if ( filter_has_var( INPUT_POST, 'submit' ) ) { echo '

form data retrieved by using $_POST variable

' $firstname = $_POST['firstname']; $lastname = $_POST['lastname']; // display the results echo 'Your name is ' . $lastname .' ' . $firstname; } // check if the get method is used to submit the form if ( filter_has_var( INPUT_GET, 'submit' ) ) { echo '

form data retrieved by using $_GET variable

' $firstname = $_GET['firstname']; $lastname = $_GET['lastname']; } // display the results echo 'Your name is ' . $lastname .' ' . $firstname; exit; }

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