How to fix ‘Notice: Undefined index:’ in PHP form action

Assuming you only copy/pasted the relevant code and your form includes <form method=”POST”> If _POST is not set the filename variable won’t be either in the above example. An alternative way: In this example filename is set regardless of the situation with _POST. This should demonstrate the use of isset nicely. More information here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php

What is &amp used for

& is HTML for “Start of a character reference”. &amp; is the character reference for “An ampersand”. &current; is not a standard character reference and so is an error (browsers may try to perform error recovery but you should not depend on this). If you used a character reference for a real character (e.g. &trade;) … Read more

navigate back with PHP form submission

When you post forms with php, or any other data, you may come back to the page and find a message in the browser like “Document Expired” or “Confirm Form Resubmission With Chrome”. These messages are a safety precaution the browser uses with sensitive data such as post variables. The browser will not automatically give … Read more