How to make PHP scripts use HTML inputs??

[Dragonheartness]

Hello friends,
again I'm looking for help. Though everything works pretty good right now I have a general question for this doesn't work.
I've written an HTML document, a very easy one, trying to initialise some informations about visitors.
Well anyhow, the problem is that the necessary PHP file doesn't use the HTML variables like $benutzer or $stadt.
The PHP and HTML documents are in two equally named but seperated files.
I suppose there is something wrong with the system initialisation. But what could it be for I assume the code is correct.

Could you please give me a hint?
Here ist the code of the HTML and the PHP.

Thanx a lot.

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[feldon27]

Can I ask what this has to do with Joomla?

[Dragonheartness]

Hy,
sure, I'm using Joomla on  localhost and trying to create a homepage using HTML, PHP and CSS. But somehow PHP doesn't use any of the variables initialised in the HTML script. Just don't have a clue as to why that ist?

Greetings J.

[feldon27]

Ok I think we are getting confused on terminology. I don't understand what you mean by an "HTML script". HTML does not contain programming. It is the PHP that does the programming.

With Joomla, you build all of the pages of your website in the content editors.

If you want to customize the overall layout of the site, you edit the file /templates/rhuk_milkyway/index.php  (assuming rhuk_milkyway is your template).