Re: Re: including in shtml

thank you |Tom :) That helped me out a lot "Tom Rogers" <trogers@kwikin.com> schreef in bericht news:42120686978.20030222134613@kwikin.com... > 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 >