RE: [PHP] $PHP_SELF

Try "<?php" if this works, then most likely you have php short tags disabled. To enable "<?" Short tags check your php.ini file. -----Original Message----- From: Kirk Babb [mailto:kbcd@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:24 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] $PHP_SELF SysInfo: Apache/1.3.24 (Win32) PHP/4.1.3-dev I have a question that could be Apache, could be php, but I'm so new to this I have to ask: what is wrong with my code for the form action? Apache does not recognize the <? as the beginning of php code and gives an error "filename is not valid" whenever this form is submitted [note: phpinfo() and several other php files work with no problem]? <FORM ACTION="<? echo( $PHP_SELF); ?>" METHOD=POST> SSN: <INPUT TYPE=INT NAME="ssn"><BR> First Name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="firstname"><BR> Last Name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="lastname"><BR> Employer: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="employer"><BR> Comments: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="comments"><BR> <CENTER> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="submitalumni" VALUE="SUBMIT"> </CENTER> </FORM> <? // Connect to the db server $dbconn = @mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password"); if (!$dbconn) { echo( "<P>Unable to connect to the database server at this time.</P>" ); exit(); } // Select the Alumni db if(! @mysql_select_db("Alumni") ) { echo( "<P>Unable to locate the Alumni db at this time.</P>" ); exit(); } // If an alumni information record has been submitted if ("SUBMIT" == $submitalumni) { $sql = "INSERT INTO Alumni SET " . "SSN='$ssn', " . "FIRST_NAME='$firstname', " . "LAST_NAME='$lastname', " . "EMPLOYER='$employer', " . "COMMENTS='$comments' "; if (mysql_query($sql)) { echo( "<p>Your alumni information has been added.</p>"); } else { echo( "<P>Error adding submitted alumni information: " . mysql_error() . "</P>"); } } echo("<P> Here are all the Alumni in our database: </P>"); // Request all alumni entries $result=mysql_query( "SELECT * from alumni"); if (!$result) { echo( "<P>Error performing query: " . mysql_error() . "</P>"); exit(); } // display alumni info in paragraph form while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) { echo( "<P>" . $row["SSN"] . "</P>"); } ?> THANKS for your help! - Kirk