Re: Undefined Variable

Marco Tabini <marcot@tabini.ca> wrote in message: > Hey Anthony-- > > It's definitely a register_globals problem. Your ISP has turned it off > because it's generally considered a significant security risk. > > The best way to solve it is to use the superglobal $_POST to access your > post data. In your PHP script, change all the variables that you take > from the form into their $_POST[''] equivalent (see below for a rough > example--I put the assignments at the beginning because I wanted to > touch your code as little as possible). Also, keep in mind that you're > not performing any checks on the data--I'm sure you want to do it once > you've sorted the current problem out, but the way it is now you're > leaving yourself exposed to a number of possible attacks. > > $thename = $_POST['thename']; (snipped) ......................................... Yep. That did it. Thanks again Marco. Two more questions: 1. Can you give me some examples about: "leaving yourself exposed to a number of possible attacks." and 2. Where can I pick up the PHP magazine in your post sig. best... TR