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Post method not working

Arslan Ali

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hi , i have a simple form in and i am using post method to pass textbox values to second page , but the post method doesnt seem to work at all , i tried almost evrything but it is not working , i need help

<form action="index.php" method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td><label>Username</label></td>
<td><input type="text" name="uname"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label>Password</label></td>
<td><input type="password" name="pword"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label>Confirm Password</label></td>
<td><input type="password" name="cpword"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" Value="Login"/>
</form>

and below is the second php file (where i am trying to acces POST)

<?php
if(isset($_POST["uname"]))
{ $usernamep = $_POST["uname"];
echo "$username";
}
if(isset($_POST["pword"]))
$passwordp = $_POST["pword"];
if(isset($_POST["cpword"]))
$confirmp = $_POST["cpword"];
$connection = mysqli_connect('localhost','something','something','collegedb');
if(!$connection)
{
die("some problem occured while connecting.");
}
$query = "select * from users where UserName='".$usernamep."'and UserPassword='".$passwordp."'";
$result = mysqli_query($connection,$query);
if(mysqli_num_rows($result)>0)
{
session_start();
$_SESSION['currentuser'] = $usernamep;
header('Location:http://localhost/home/');
}
else
echo "No Rows Found !";
?>