RE: [PHP] newbie problem working with Forms - undefined constant?

Problem 2 you have form variables are passed back as $name So if your form contains <input name="stuff" value=""> The PHP variable will be $stuff Not Form[stuff] This is probably tripping you up. Another thing to watch out for is precedence of Get, Post, Cookie, Environment variables. eg if you have a cookie called $cutter, and a get or post variable (from a form) called $cutter, which takes precedence? You're php setup will show you. Do a <?php phpinfo()?> and look. I usually do an explicit if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS)) { while(list($name,$value) = each($HTTP_GET_VARS)) { $$name = $value; }; }; But this is probably going to be confusing for you until you've got the hang of it... Cheers, Loz. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Lindsay [mailto:phil@presence-multimedia.co.uk] Sent: November 15, 2000 05:51 PM To: PHP list Subject: [PHP] newbie problem working with Forms - undefined constant? Hi, I've really only been using PHP for three weeks though so bear with me if this sounds a bit daft. I have some scripts which piece together to build a message board with a mysql database. The scripts come from the SAMS book - Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hours (ch. 23). On one of the pages is a form which extracts the users details and logs them into the database when they join - but I receive errors such as : Warning: Use of undefined constant password - assumed 'password' in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\mysql\join.php on line 11 I have the value of each input box as form[login], form[password] etc.. and it seems to be tripping over these. Can anyone shed any light on this problem? I can send the code if it may help? Cheers in advance, Phil -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net