Php method="post" is not executing on form action

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i have a php file that has a html form

<form action="CustomerLoginHTML.php" method="POST">

once the button click even perform the form should execute the php file inside it.

but it dose not execute the php part, but why?

What I have tried:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--
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-->
<html>
<head>
    <title>Sign in</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="CSS/SSLoginGen.css">
</head>
<?php

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') 
{
    if (isset($_POST['login'])) { //user logging in

        require 'Custlogin_Dbchk.php';
        
    }
    
    else{
        
        $message = "wait for it";
        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('$message');</script>";
        
    }
}
?> 
<body>


    <form action="CustomerLoginHTML.php" method="POST">
<center>
<div class="loginbox">
 
        <h1>Customer Login</h1>
        <input type="username" name="username" id="username" placeholder="Username" required/><br><br>
        <input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Password" required/><br><br>
        <input type="button" value="LOGIN" name="login"/><br><br>
    
        <a href="ResetPW.php" style="color:whitesmoke">Forgot your Password?</a><br><br>
        <a href="index.php"><input type="button" value="BACK TO HOME" id="home"/></a>
    
</div>
</center>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Posted 22-Jul-17 7:37am

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W∴ Balboos, GHB 23-Jul-17 6:51am

Since we haven't a clue what is in CustomerLoginHTML.php we cannot answer.

Member 13049972 23-Jul-17 7:36am

its the same page name

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