Re: Form Variables
| From: | Stuart Dallas | Date: | Sat, 08 Jun 2002 01:08:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Form Variables | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Saturday, June 8, 2002 at 1:56:35 AM, you wrote:
> I recently installed PHP 4.2.1 on my G4 Powerbook (OS X v10.1.4) running
> Apache 1.3.2. I have verified that php is running and apache is running.
> When I access a page locally http://127.0.0.1/simple_form.php,
> fill in the
> only text box and submit the form to form_act.php. The variable doesn't
> exist (as far as PHP is concerned. I have tested for its existance using an
> IF ELSE). This happens with POST as well as GET, but when using GET I can
> obviously see the variable name and value in the URL. Do I need to change
> the default config for apache?? Or PHP? Can anyone please help before I go
> completely crazy.
Are you using $_GET['varname']/$_POST['varname'] or just $varname? If you are
trying to use the latter, I suggest you read the release note for the software
you just installed: http://www.php.net/release_4_2_1.php (specifically
the
'External Variables' section).
--
Stuart