Re: querystring doesn't work!!!!

Andrew, It might be that your second machine doesn't recognize <?php, but only <? as the start of a PHP block. This can be set in httpd.conf or the script itself (look short_tags, I think). Hans On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Andrew Challen wrote: > i have a page entitled form.php and i'm sending a string into it so it > becomes > > form.php?expand=test > > now in the page i have > > <?php echo $expand ?> > > this should cause 'test' to be written to the page and indeed it does on one > machine that i use, on the other (independant machine) it doesn't work and > nothing is produced atall!!!?!?! > > I'm completely baffeled and can't work out why this is.... anyone? > > both machines are windowsNT both running apache and php works fine other > than that , ie i can access a mysql database on either machine... > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.