Re: $previous variable ?

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 14:31, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Tue, July 11, 2006 2:24 am, Roman Rumisek wrote: > > I am using apache 2.0.50 and php 4.4.3RC2 as mod (on Mandrake 10.1). > > When I run this script: > > > > <? echo "$previous"; ?> > > > > in cli php, i give 'Undefined variable' error message - OK. > > But under apache, this variable has value 'N'. Is it error ? > > I found nothing about $previous variable in php.ini and php config > > directories. > > My first guess would be that you have "register_globals" set to "ON" > in Apache, and $previous is set in Cookies or Get data. > > It's also possible that you have managed to do this in some setup with > session.auto_start and where $_SESSION['previous'] is set to "N" > > Having register_globals set to "ON" is probably a Bad Idea for various > reason. > > Using short tags (<? instead of <?php) is also a Bad Idea. > > Finally, echo "$previous"; is silly, as the quote marks serve no > purpose at all. echo $previous; would be better. > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm A bit off topic, but I hadn't heard about short tags being a bad idea. What reasons make short tags worse than the regular tags. Just curious. Ray -- Ray Hauge Programmer/Systems Administrator American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com 1.800.575.1099