need php help, basic question?

Question

when i enter something into the textbox and press submit
on the next page the echo isnt echoing anything.
i tried on both ie and firefox. i also tried echoing like this:
echo $_POST[$name]; and nothing shows.
what am i doing wrong?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
filename: form.html

-------------------------------------------------------
filename: resultsbyname.php

echo $name;
?>

Thank you..

this worked:
$name = $_POST['name'];
echo $name;
?>

im viewing a video by vtc, seems like some code he's using is outdated :-)

Answer 1

A form is sent to another (or the same) php file using POST or GET.
The variables sent must be read by the receiving file: you don't read them in your code...
Two examples: the first uses two files, the second uses only one. Spaces are added for clarity (and YA line stripper!)
form.htm
-------------------------

...

Answer 2

You have to retrieve the value from the form first.

$name = $_POST['name'];
echo $name;
?>

Answer 3

Change the name of the textbox to something else like name_text.

I think its sue to the fact that name is also a reserved keyword in PHP and HTML