Re: bad programming?

Could be something about the server environment, you could try changing to : $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] Run a phpinfo() and see what variables are active on your new server. I know that IIS webservers lack alot of the variables we take for granted mostly. -- -- Kim Steinhaug ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 10 types of people when it comes to binary numbers: those who understand them, and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- www.steinhaug.com - www.easywebshop.no - www.webkitpro.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Amanda Hemmerich" <amccomb@indiana.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.3.96.1040623110805.17382B-100000@kate.ucs.indiana.edu... > We just moved a bunch of code from one web hosting company to another. > Now, one of the pages no longer works. I have been sort of starting from > scratch, and the first line is still not working. Am I using something > that I shouldn't be? Here is a code snippet: > > if ($REQUEST_METHOD=='POST') { > for(reset($HTTP_POST_VARS); > $key=key($HTTP_POST_VARS); > next($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { > $this = addslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS[$key]); > $this = strtr($this, ">", " "); > $this = strtr($this, "<", " "); > $this = strtr($this, "|", " "); > $$key = $this; > } > } > > The part that's not working is the $REQUEST_METHOD=='POST' line. If I > replace that with if ($login) (and $login is the name of the submit button > on the form), it works fine. I am leary of using $login...any other > suggestions? > > Thanks.