RE: [PHP] Form content type missing, how to fetch variables?

So is it even a web page that's returned? Or is it more like a text file? Will getallheaders() help you at all? www.php.net/getallheaders ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Troup [mailto:simon.troup@digitalmusicart.com] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:23 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Form content type missing, how to fetch variables? > > Thanks Dan, but I don't think I'm explaining well. > > Submitting that form will produce, from most browsers, a request that has > in > one of it's headers: > > content-type: x-www-form-urlencoded > > ... the variable $Foo will automatically be available within PHP for use > in > any script that form is directed to, however, I have to write a script > that > will accept raw data, it's input comes from a server that is not kind > enough > to put in the header content-type: x-www-form-urlencoded and so is not > automatically being passed by PHP into the script. > > The page content is just raw data like this ... > > foo=boo&name=joe&action=jump > > ... but php does not pass them into variables as content-type is not > x-www-form-urlencoded > > The answer could be "tell the people to add the content type" but they say > "by the end of june" and I need to read this stuff today! > > Sorry if my explanation inadequate, I'm trying my best. > > Thanks > > Simon > > > Simon: > > > > <form method="post"> > > <input type="submit" name="Foo" value="Boo" /> > > </form> > > <?php > > if ( isset($_POST['Foo']) ) { > > echo '<p>' . $_POST['Foo'] . '</p>'; > > } > > ?> > > > > Viewing that the first time will show the form. Submitting the form > > will show you the form again and then the value of Foo. > > > > --Dan > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php