Re: $PHP_SELF no longer working

ext Jo Ann Comito (jacomito@sprintmail.com) wrote: > I tried your suggestions and changed the form action statement to: > > <form action = "<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method > ="post" > > and the results were exactly the same as before - 404 url not found > (with the same wrong url). > phpinfo revealed the following: it is PHP version 4.3.1, build date Feb, > 21, 2003, register_globals is on. > > I don't know what version they were using before and when/if they > changed it, but the site has been working with no problems since before > Feb -- until yesterday. > > Any more suggestions? > Thanks, > Jo Ann Comito > > >If you upgraded to 4.3.1, go into your php.ini file and turn > >register_globals = on, otherwise for $PHP_SELF, use $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. > > > >If you want to see if they did do any work or not, put an info.php file up > >there with: > > > ><? > >echo phpinfo(); > >?> > > > >in it... that will tell you what version they're running and the settings. > >I bet they upgraded and didn't tell you. > > > >-Dan Joseph > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jo Ann Comito [mailto:jacomito@sprintmail.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:54 PM > >To: PHP List > >Subject: [PHP] $PHP_SELF no longer working > > > > > >All of a sudden, code that had been working just fine for months stopped > >working. I called the host provider to see if they had made any changes > >at their end and they said, "No." > > > >All the pages (page1.php, page2.php, etc.) within one directory > >(protected) are password protected. The first line of each page in this > >directory is: > > > ><?php include("accesscontrol.php"); ?> > > > >The accesscontrol.php file is in the same directory as the protected > >pages. It checks to see if the user is already logged in. If not logged > >in it displays a form asking for user id and password. > > > >The form action is as follows: > ><form action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" method="post" > > > >Up until today, after submitting the form with a password and user id, > >the accesscontrol.php page would evaluate the submitted password and id, > >and if correct, the original page would be displayed. I bet they also turned short open tags off. Try it with <?php instead of <? . -- mike