Re: Re: including in shtml

Hi, Saturday, February 22, 2003, 12:29:36 PM, you wrote: HP> Im trying to write a poll script that is easy to intergrate into other HP> documents of a site and thought that since shtml is a much used method, I HP> want to make it available. HP> "Hans Prins" <HPrins@xgn.nu> schreef in bericht HP> news:20030221134243.36183.qmail@pb1.pair.com... >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with including a "test.php" into a "test.shtml" and HP> passing >> a variable to the "test.shtml" which should be processed in the >> "test.php" >> >> the "test.php" document includes the following: >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> <?php >> >> if ($HTTP_GET_VARS['theValue']) { >> print $HTTP_GET_VARS['theValue']; >> } else { >> print" >> <form method=\"GET\" action=\"test.shtml\"> >> <input type=\"text\" name=\"theValue\" size=\"20\"> >> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" >> name=\"submit_button\"> >> </form> >> "; >> } >> >> ?> >> >> the "test.shtml" document includes the following: >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> <html> >> <head> >> <title>poll</title> >> </head> >> <body> >> <!--#include virtual="test.php" --> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> I've also tried using the POST method but I got an error stating that post >> is not a valid method in shtml. >> >> I have also considered a session variable but since a session needs to >> initiated or continued before anything is output to the browser that wont >> work (I think). >> >> does anyone have a solution to get this to work? >> >> thanks, >> Hans >> >> POST won't work easily with .shtml files so you are limited to GET and its length limitations but the following works for me: //test.php <?php if(isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED'])){ parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED']); if(!empty($theValue)){ echo 'Value = '.stripslashes($theValue).'<br>'; } } print' <form method="get" action="test.shtml"> <input type="text" name="theValue" size="20"> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit_button"> </form> '; ?> (parse string seems to like adding slashes) To use post you will have to post to a .php file to do the processing and redirect to the .shtml file. -- regards, Tom