$_POST help

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08-10-2010, 04:42 PM
ky0ung

$_POST help

Hey everyone,

I've been trying to create an application where an input through a form would change the src of an video.

Here is the code

test.php

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> </head> <body> <video width="640" height="360" src=<?php echo $_POST["test"]; ?> controls autoplay> <p> Try this page in Safari 4! Or you can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/demo/google_main.mp4">download the video</a> instead.</p> </video> </body> </html>

and here is the html.

hello.html

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> </head> <body> <form action="test.php" method="post"> URL:<input type="url" name="test" /> <input type="submit" value="Play" /> </form> </body> </html>

I hope that you guys can see what I am trying to do through this code.

thanks alot!
08-10-2010, 05:01 PM
aj_nsc

Other than not putting quotes around the src attribute of your video tag.....I don't see anything wrong.
08-10-2010, 05:13 PM
tirna

Some issues with using <video>.

I haven't looked into whether they have been resolved yet.
08-10-2010, 06:18 PM
ky0ung

thanks

thank you for the quick replies. I know I forgot the quotes, but I tried it with them and it didn't make a difference. I put the quotes here if thats right

Code:

src="<?php echo $_POST["test"]; ?>"

And tirna, what kind of problems are going on with the <video> tag? I think I read about html5 problems, but I couldn't find any particular problem specifically for the video tag.

thanks again!
08-11-2010, 02:16 AM
tirna

the issues with <video> are described in the link I posted.

I don't know what error messages you are getting or how exactly <video> isn't working for you, so the issues may or may not be applicable to your case.