#19375 [NEW]: Calling a php page from an html form

From: Agostino.Calamita@italtel.it Operating system: Windows PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Calling a php page from an html form Hi, I installed PHP 4.2.3 on a Windows NT workstation with Xitami Web Server 2.4d9. I have a simple html page with a form like this: <FORM NAME="myname" METHOD="POST" ACTION="test.php"> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="myfield" SIZE=20> <INPUT TYPE=submit> </FORM> and a simple php file (test.php) like this: <HTML> <BODY> <?php echo "Your field is: "; echo $myfield; ?> </BODY> </HTML> When I use the submit the form, PHP executes test.php and give my this page: Your field is: Notice: Undefined variable: myfield in C:\Xitami\webpages\test.php on line 5 If I unistall PHP 4.2.3 and install PHP 4.1.1, everything works fine and I got what I wrote inside myfield. I don't know if this is a bug or a security problem. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19375&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19375&r=globals