Bug #17301 Updated: Uhh.. just read the description

ID: 17301 Updated by: jimw@php.net Reported By: shilo27560@yahoo.com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Windows 98 PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: In PHP 4.2.0, the 'register_globals' setting default changed to be off. See http://www.php.net/release_4_2_0.php for more info. We are sorry about the inconvenience, but this change was a necessary part of our efforts to make PHP scripting more secure and portable. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-17 22:05:53] shilo27560@yahoo.com I have recently upgraded to php version 4.2.1 and before that everything was working fine, but now evertime i use a variable which is defined by user input on a seperate html form or gets its value from a query string it get this error: Notice: Undefined variable: room in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 10 Notice: Undefined variable: room in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 11 even though i reach it like this, http://aptiva/php/index.php?room=Aptiva it still comes out with the same error If you are still unclear what i am trying to say (im not the best at explaining things) then check out the below exapmle of a code that would give me this error: I would type in the url for this script while including the query string of ?username=hi&password=hito which would leed to this script, <? echo" The username is <? echo $username; ?> The Password is <? echo $password; ?> " ?> and i would get the error of : Notice: Undefined variable: username in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 3 Notice: Undefined variable: password in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 4 Can anyone help me here? PS. i am a twelve year old so be descriptive also i am using apache as my server software ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17301&edit=1