Question

Create a page using PHP for a business website that will ask the user to enter his or her name into text boxes and will display a welcome message that uses the user’s name.

Answer 1

Answer:

1         <?php

2            if (isset($_GET["submit"])) {

3                 echo "Welcome " . $_GET["name"];

4                }  

5         ?>

6

7

8         <form method="get">  

9            <input name="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your name"/>

10           <button name="submit" type="submit">Submit</button>

11          </form>  

12

13         <?php

14          ?>

Explanation:

Lines 1 - 5    check if the user has clicked on the submit button.

                    If the button has been clicked the a welcome message is    

                    shown.

Lines 8 - 11   create a form to hold the text box and the submit button

                    Give the form a method attribute of value get        [Line 8]

                    Give the input field a name attribute of value name and a

                    placeholder attribute of value Enter your name      [Line 9]

                    Give the button a name attribute of value submit and a type

                    attribute of value submit                                            [Line 10]

PS: Save the file as a .php file and run it on your server. Be sure to remove the line numbers before saving. A sample web page is attached to this response.