$_POST returns empty on form submit in wordpress

Question

I have a form:

<form action="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="name" value="" placeholder="Your First and Last Name *" />
    <?php echo $firstnameError; ?>
    <input type="text" name="email" value="" placeholder="Yoyr Email" />
    <?php echo $emailError; ?>
    <br>
    <input type="text" name="company" value="" placeholder="Your Company Name" />
    <input type="text" name="phone" value="" placeholder="Your Phone number" />
    <textarea name="project" rows="4" cols="50" placeholder="Describe the scope of work and the most important features of the project *'"></textarea>
    <?php echo $addressError; ?>
    <br>
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="1500" />
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="2500" />
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="5000" />
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="10000" />
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="100001" />
    <input type="radio" name="budget" value="not sure" />
    <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1" />
    <input type="submit" value="SUbmit" />
</form>

It actions to the same page, but when I do print_r($_POST); it does not print anything, i.e. no value in $_POST.

What could be the reason(s) for this? I studied a few questions on SO on this but none gave me the answer I was looking for.

Answer 1

If your passing the name as a Post value, wordpress DOSNT like this!

change this

<input type="text" name="name" value="" placeholder="Your First and Last Name *" />

to

<input type="text" name="thename" value="" placeholder="Your First and Last Name *" />

changing the name to thename, Will work guaranteed! ;)