Re: Problem retrieving $_POST values

From: Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:37:56 +0000
Subject: Re: Problem retrieving $_POST values
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Hi Chris, et al.: > > Here's a section of what comes back when I do this: > > > > [mls] => 1234567 > > [property_address] => Main St > > [city_arr] => Array > > ( > > [0] => CHNDHT > > [1] => CHNDLR > > [2] => GILBER > > [3] => HIGLEY > > [4] => MESA > > [5] => TEMPE > > ) > > So it is there :) > > print_r($_POST['city_arr']); After much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, I found the problem. Typo. Of course. I'd only read over the code about a hundred times before I asked for help, if that's any consolation. > > > > Is there some (free <g>) way to test a php script outside of a web page? > > > > > > cmd line you can do: > > > > > > php -l /path/to/file.php > > > > Is this something I can access through SSH? And will it show me errors as the script executes? > > Oops, I thought you meant for parse errors. That won't tell you about > anything else unfortunately. Ah, don't "oops" anything! That tip was worth its weight in gold to me! In fact, it told me where one of the typos was that was causing a syntax error during the initial parsing. The other typo was more insidious (trying to use count() as $count()), but just as deadly to the output. Thanks for the great tips! Jon

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