Re: Problems with environment variables

kod811 [kod811@bigfoot.com] wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been having problems getting values out of the env vars $HTTP_HOST, > $REMOTE_ADDR, $REMOTE_PORT, etc. I've got the following code to illustrate > my problem: > > > <?php > > function dummyfunc() { > echo "dummyfunc.REMOTE_ADDR==&gt" . $REMOTE_ADDR . "<br>"; > echo "dummyfunc.REMOTE_PORT==&gt" . $REMOTE_PORT . "<br>"; > echo "dummyfunc.REMOTE_ADDR:REMOTE_PORT==&gt" . $REMOTE_ADDR . ":" . > $REMOTE_PORT . "<br>"; > echo "dummyfunc.HTTP_HOST==&gt" . $HTTP_HOST . "<br>"; > } Within functions, you when using environment variables, you need to declare those variables "global", like: function dummyfunc() { global $REMOTE_ADDR, $REMOTE_PORT, $HTTP_HOST; . . . } HTH. -- Hardy Merrill Mission Critical Linux, Inc. http://www.missioncriticallinux.com > > echo "main.REMOTE_ADDR==&gt" . $REMOTE_ADDR . "<br>"; > echo "main.REMOTE_PORT==&gt" . $REMOTE_PORT . "<br>"; > echo "main.REMOTE_ADDR:REMOTE_PORT==&gt" . $REMOTE_ADDR . ":" . $REMOTE_PORT > . "<br>"; > echo "main.HTTP_HOST==&gt" . $HTTP_HOST . "<br>"; > > dummyfunc(); > > ?> > > > > > When viewed through a browser, I get the following output: > > > main.REMOTE_ADDR==>132.232.341.111 > main.REMOTE_PORT==>4444 > main.REMOTE_ADDR:REMOTE_PORT==>132.232.341.111:4444 > main.HTTP_HOST==>server1.blarg.com > dummyfunc.REMOTE_ADDR==> > dummyfunc.REMOTE_PORT==> > dummyfunc.REMOTE_ADDR:REMOTE_PORT==>: > dummyfunc.HTTP_HOST==> > > > > What am I doing wrong? Am I missing something? > > Thank you for your response in advance. > > kod811 >