Login form not working PHP form method $_POST

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I have this code:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <?php
if ((!isset($_POST['name'])) || (!isset($_POST['password']))) {
    ?>
    <h1>Prihlaste sa prosim</h1>
    <form method="$_POST" action="secret.php">
        <p><label for="name">Uzivatelske meno</label>
        <input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="15"></p>
        <p><label for="password">Heslo</label>
        <input type="password" name="password" id="password" size="15"></p>    
        <button type="submit" name="submit">Prihlasit</button>
    </form>
    <?php
} else if(($_POST['name'] == 'uzivatel') && ($_POST['password'] == 'heslo')) {
// kombinacia mena a hesla je spravna
echo '<h1>A je to!</h1>';
} else {
    echo 'Neste opravneni pouzivat tuto stranku';
}
?>

</body>
</html>

In browser it shows like this:
http://localhost/secret.php?name=X&password=Y&submit=

And refreshes but nothing happens.

What I have tried:

Google submit/form methods for similiar problem.

Posted 14-Nov-21 23:42pm

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Updated 15-Nov-21 3:01am

Chris Copeland

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Chris Copeland · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-15T03:01:00

Solution 1

The method attribute takes one of either "get" (which puts the form inputs into the URL) or "post" (which serialises them into the request, not in the URL). You probably meant to use:

HTML

<form method="post" action="secret.php">

Posted 15-Nov-21 3:01am

Chris Copeland