$_POST help

**ky0ung** · 08-10-2010 04:42 PM

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!

**aj_nsc** · 08-10-2010 05:01 PM

Other than not putting quotes around the src attribute of your video tag.....I don't see anything wrong.

**tirna** · 08-10-2010 05:13 PM

Some issues with using <video>.

I haven't looked into whether they have been resolved yet.

**ky0ung** · 08-10-2010 06:18 PM

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!

**tirna** · 08-11-2010 02:16 AM

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.

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