Re: HTTP_POST_VARS gives odd results

Try: $HTTP_POST_VARS["addr"] = $newvalue1; $HTTP_POST_VARS["city"] = $newvalue2; and do not use the reset. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Valade" <janetv@systech.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:40 AM Subject: [PHP] HTTP_POST_VARS gives odd results > I have the following code which doesn't seem to give me the results I > expect. > > if ($testvar == "other") { > $newvalue1="string1"; > $newvalue2="string2"; > $HTTP_POST_VARS[addr] = $newvalue1; > $HTTP_POST_VARS[city] = $newvalue2; > } > > reset($HTTP_POST_VARS); > > while (list($key,$value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { > echo "key, value = $key, $value<Br>"; > > if (empty($$key) ) { > do stuff; > else > do other stuff; > } > } > > The above while loop works perfectly without the code before it. However, > when I add the code before it that changes the values of some of the > elements in HTTP_POST_VARS, it no longer works. The values were changed > successfully, the echo in the loop shows the correct changed values of > string1 and string2 for $key,$value. However, when it gets to the if (empty) > statement, it is evaluated as empty (its previous value) and do stuff is > done, rather than do other stuff. The elements of HTTP_POST_VARS that were > not changed still are evaluated correctly by the if empty statement; only > the changed elements are evaluated incorrectly. Clearly, I am not > understanding something about HTTP_POST_VARS. Can someone tell me what I am > doing wrong? > > Janet > > > > -- > 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 >