Pset7,Quote,the code gives an error-Undefined variable: message in /home/ubuntu/workspace/pset7/views/quote_output.php on line 1.Please Explain

Question

<?php

    // configuration
        require("../includes/config.php");
    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "GET")
    {
        // else render form
        render("quote_form.php", ["title" => "Quote"]);
    }

    // else if user reached page via POST (as by submitting a form via POST)
    else if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
    {
    if(empty($_POST["symbol"]))
        apologize("Please enter the stock symbol.");
    else
    {
        $stock = lookup($_POST["symbol"]);
        if(!$stock)
            apologize("Invalid symbol.");
        else

        render("quote_output.php", ["price" => number_format($stock["price"], 2, '.', ',')]);


    }
    }
?>
//quote_output.php
<p>Price:<?=htmlspecialchars($message)?></p>

Answer 1

Assuming you have the necessary headers (which you don't show in the above code snippet) in your quote_output.php file, your problem is the fact that it contains an undefined variable $message, which was not passed in via your render function.