Re: Can't read $_POST array

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:45 -0700, Brian Dunning wrote: > I'm trying to write a VERY simple script that does nothing but store all the submitted GET > and POST vars in a string and echo it out. > > $response = print_r($_REQUEST, true); > echo $response; > > The problem is it only shows GET vars. I've tried $POST instead of $_REQUEST and it always > gives an empty array. I've got it on two different servers, and we have three guys trying > various methods of submitting forms to it, trying to eliminate all potential problems, like the > possibility that the request might not actually have any POST vars. I think we've safely > eliminated these possibilities. > > Can anyone see a reason why the above should not see POST vars? Is there some security setting > I don't know about? Is there any code before the print_r() call, i.e. code that might be setting it to an empty array? If not, then are you sure your form is definitely sending post variables? It sounds a stupid question, but a small typo could be sending the data as GET by accident. Firefox has a useful extension called Firebug which might be able to show you the data being sent to the browser. If you really need to bring out the big guns, then Wireshark will show all the network traffic, including that sent from your form to the server. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk