PHP Form post always empty

Question

this must be configuration issue and I'm hoping somebody can help. I'm setting up a new project on my localhost and my PHP Post is always empty. Here's the example:

My Form Page:

<form id="loginForm" action="/post/login" method="post">
    <input type="text" name="username" />
    <input type="password" name="password" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

and the "/post/login/index.php" page:

<?php
var_dump( $_POST );
?>

the result:

array(0) { }

It seems like there's no code issue so what's the problem?

Do you need to add value attributes to each of your <input> tags? — andrewsi
– andrewsi, Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 18:45
Does it work if you do action="/post/login/index.php"? Try using a debugger like Fiddler or Firebug to see if your POST is being sent. — gen_Eric
– gen_Eric, Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 18:46
do you clicked submit and then it redirects to "/post/login/index.php" but didn't shows anything? — user1646111
– user1646111, Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 18:47
I can't believe it - @Rocket Hazmat had the solution with adding "index.php". Really odd as it clearly navigates to the correct page. If you add that as an answer, I'll accept it. — Andrew
– Andrew, Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 18:50

gen_Eric · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-30 18:51:24Z

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The action attribute needs to point to the actual script of the page you want to go to.

Try doing this instead:

<form id="loginForm" action="/post/login/index.php" method="post">

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 18:51

gen_Eric

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5 Comments

Chris Bier Over a year ago

Great catch, I wonder why PHP isn't sending the post to index.php without it being explicitly defined... hmm.

gen_Eric Over a year ago

I'm not sure. Probably something to with it being redirected and not passing the values to the redirect.

Andrew Over a year ago

And I like to hide my server scripting language as much as possible... so this is a bit annoying

gen_Eric Over a year ago

@Andrew: I'm sure there's a way to fix it, but I'm not sure.

Andrew Over a year ago

Update: The following also works "/post/login/". So it seems the filename is required or the trailing slash.

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