Re: URL variables, and the $_GET[xxx] function...

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:08:28 +0100, tristan.pretty@risk.sungard.com <tristan.pretty@risk.sungard.com> wrote: > I'm moving hosts for a freelance site I do... > > They have an events section, and it's sortable by date, name and category > etc... > To achieve this, I passed the search/sort variables via the URL... > However, I'm testing the new server, and those variables are not being > detected? > > I've put this code at teh top of the code on events page '$sort_by = > $_GET[sort_by];' etc... > And while that sorts out the problem, I'm curious as to why I need to do > that, and if those changes will cause me probs elsewhere? > > Perhaps a rookie Q, but I guess we all learn something every day eh? > > Any thoughts? I'm guessing you used to have register_globals on, and now you don't. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/