fgets(STDIN) not working

[gschimek]

I've been doing some limited PHP coding for a while, but never really had any training, just learned by searching for specific needs.  So I decided to get a book and start from the beginning to see what else PHP can do that I don't know about.

 

Problem is that I can't even get past the first simple program in the book.  I'm just supposed to take input from the user and save it to a variable with this line of code:

 

$name = fgets(STDIN);

 

But when I access that page on my webserver, I get this error:

 

Warning: fgets() expects parameter 1 to be resource, string given in /Users/username/Sites/sitename/index.php

 

There's got to be something simple I'm missing, since this is the easiest task in the book.    Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

[MSUK1]

what form are you using to submit the input?

[gschimek]

Wow, I feel silly.  As soon as you asked about the form, I realized that this simple program from the book wasn't intended for a website.  I just ran it from the CLI and it works fine.

 

Thanks!