Re: Variables that persist through reload?

Woops.. sorry I missed the crux of your post. I didn't read all the way down. :) -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net>; "David Chamberlin" <dwc@nautiboy.com> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Variables that persist through reload? > That's just the browser's cache, nothing to do with PHP. Not all browsers > will cache succesfully. If you want to guarentee that variables will be > stored for later retrieval (or for repopulating a form) then you need to > use sessions or store the content of the variables in a database. > > -Kevin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Chamberlin" <dwc@nautiboy.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:58 PM > Subject: [PHP] Variables that persist through reload? > > > > Hey, > > > > I'm somewhat new to PHP and I'm doing a lot of forms stuff. Looking at > > some of the examples at: > > > > http://www.linuxguruz.org/z.php?id=33 > > > > The variables seem to persist through a reload. For example, the first > > demo has: > > > > ---- > > <? > > if (!isset($pick)) { > > echo "Fill out and submit the form below."; } > > else { > > $j = count($pick); > > for($i=0; $i<$j; $i++) { > > echo "Pick <b>$pick[$i]</b> is Checked<br />"; } > > } > > ?> > > > > <form action="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>"> > > <ol> > > <li>Painting<input name="pick[]" type=checkbox > > value="Painting" /></li> > > <li>Plumbing<input name="pick[]" type=checkbox > > value="Plumbing" /></li> > > <li>Electric<input name="pick[]" type=checkbox > > value="Electric" /></li> > > </ol> > > > > <input type="submit" value="Submit!" /> > > <input type="reset" value="Reset" /> > > </form> > > -------- > > > > So the $pick variable is maitained through the submit. When I demo the > > script on that site, it works as advertised. When I use the same code > > on my web server, it doesn't work ($pick is never set after submitting). > > Is there some configuration option that dictates whether variables > > persist in this manner? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >