Re: Declaring variables from the url

On Mon, August 7, 2006 8:13 am, Dave M G wrote: > I have many times set the value of a variable by declaring it in the > URL, like so: > > http://www.domain.com/index.php?var=1 > > And then, to use the variable, all I have to do is use it in the > script, > like so: > > echo "This is the value of the variable: " . $var; > > But, for some reason, in a script I'm writing now, this simple process > isn't working. > > The only thing I can think of that is different between before and now > is that the new script is being executed in PHP5, whereas before was > with PHP4. > > In my new script, I check the value of $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], the > value is contained in there, so it is being assigned and contained > somehow. > > What could I possibly be missing in what should be a super simple > process? http://php.net/register_globals -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm