RE: [PHP-DB] Global variables, $_GET problem

Ruth, your reference to $_GET('var') is close, but as you have seen - no cigar :) using the "()" after GET makes it refer to a function, but it is actually an array which is automatically created, so you need to use $_GET['var'] (note the square brackets as for point 2 (register_globals) did you restart the apache service after changing it? because registering globals should make $var available again (but won't help with problem 1 :) HTH Beau // -----Original Message----- // From: Ruth Zhai [mailto:rzhai@bigpond.com] // Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2002 11:39 AM // To: php-db@lists.php.net // Subject: [PHP-DB] Global variables, $_GET problem // // // Hello php friends, // We just upgraded our PHP to version 4.2.1. I realized that // $var is no // longer available from www.url.com/myphp.php?var=3 . As // instructed in the // document, we have tried two things: // 1. I tried to use $_GET('var'), however, I got "Fatal error: Call to // undefined function: array() in /home/httpd/... " message. I // have no clue // what this means, and what I have done wrong. // 2. Set register_globals = on in the configuration file. // This did not make // any difference. // // I don's know what to do now. Your help is highly appreciated. // // Ruth // // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php //