Re: Simple form not passing variables, Why??

you have register_globals off in your php.ini or httpd.conf or .htaccess. either use $HTTP_GET_VARS['name'] or turn the setting on. At 00:36 13.1. 2001, jeff fitzmyers wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >The code below does not work. What could be causing >this?? php pages do come up, and I can retrieve SQL >data. The header seems okay: test.php?name=Bob and if >I define a variable on the same page I can use it. > >Please enter user name here: ><FORM> > <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=name> > <INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE=Submit> ></FORM><BR> > >you typed: ><? > echo ($name); >?> > >Linux 2.2.14 >PHP/4.0.3pl1 >'./configure' '--without-gd' '--with-apxs' >'--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-pgsql' '--with-imap' > >Ideas?? > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! >http://photos.yahoo.com/ > >-- >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 ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz