Re: form problem

So the best way to do this is to keep it disabled and just use $_POST in front every time? Thanks -GC "John Nichel" <jnichel@by-tor.com> wrote in message news:3DB82DC0.9020308@by-tor.com... > Yes, turning register_globals will allow you to reference the variable > without having to use the $_POST ( or $_GET ) array. However, you'll > open your site up to possible security risks. If you want to turn it > off, you can do so in the php.ini file ( register_globals = on ), then > you must restart your webserver. > > GC wrote: > > Thanks guys, that fixed the problem...is there anyway I can make it so that > > I don't have to use $_POST in front of it? Does turing register_globals on > > fix this? If so, how do I do that? Thanks again. > > //GC > > > > "John Nichel" <jnichel@by-tor.com> wrote in message > > news:3DB82AF5.9010202@by-tor.com... > > > >>Try this.... > >> > >>echo ( $_POST['firstname'] ); > >> > >>GC wrote: > >> > >>>Hi: > >>>I'm having a really stupid problem...I'm trying to get the values from a > >>>form object just to display on a php page. When I click submit, I only > >> > > get > > > >>>a blank screen. Am I missing something really stupid here? Here is my > >>>code: > >>> > >>>::html file:: > >>> > >>><html> > >>><head> > >>><title>Test</title> > >>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > >>></head> > >>> > >>><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" > >>>leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> > >>> <form name="form1" method="post" > >> > > action="adduser_p.php"> > > > >>> <input type="text" > >>> name="firstname"> > >>> <input type="submit" name="Submit" > >> > > value="Submit"> > > > >>> </form> > >>></body> > >>></html> > >>> > >>>::php file:: > >>><?php > >>>print $firstname; > >>>?> > >>> > >>>Thanks!! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >