Re: PHP new super globals or something else??

Actually, no. $foo and $bar are controls to let the script know which threads (its a forum script) to follow. This merely an example. Im not really looking for a fix for the script, thats a no brainer, but an explanation as to why the script is not behaving as it is supposed to be with register_globals set to off. If its going to run on my box, it would be nice if it ran on everyone elses to. Lars Torben Wilson wrote:

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 18:05, Gerard Samuel wrote:

Its a fairly long script but this is a basic rundown of the mechanics. some_page.php ----------------------------- <?php /* user is sent here from another page, grab foo and bar from the url */ $foo = $_GET['foo']; $bar = $_GET['bar']; select * from database where this='$foo' and that='$bar'; $result = mysql_query(....); if ($result === false) { trigger_error(...); // <- this is where it breaks for the other guy but not for me... } if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { insert into database (col1, col2) values ('$foo', '$bar'); } else { echo '<form action="some_page.php" method="post">';

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You're POSTing the variables back to the form. Change your method to get and you should be fine.

echo '<input type="hidden" name="foo" value="' . $foo . '">'; echo '<input type="hidden" name="bar" value="' . $bar . '">'; echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">'; } ?> Now as it stands, initially it would work fine, but when the form is submitted, it would break, because 'foo' and 'bar' are in $_POST. For some reason, this is working on my boxes with register_globals set to off. Martin Towell wrote:

code snippets would be good, if possible -----Original Message----- From: Gerard Samuel [mailto:gsam@trini0.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:46 AM To: PHP Subject: [PHP] PHP new super globals or something else?? I hope this makes sense to someone.... Im converting a script over to work with 4.1.x +. Im running php 4.1.2 on FreeBSD/Apache and I have 4.2.0 on w2k/IIS/Apache. I sent the script to a friend of mine who is running w2k/Apache with 4.2.0. He told me that the script isn't working for him but it was for me. Upon closer inspection, I found out why it wasn't working for him, but Im wondering why it is for me. I have register global turned off on both machines. In the initial load of the page, I used $_GET to grab some variables

from the url and pass it to hidden fields in the form.

$_GET['foo'] $_GET['bar'] Then the form is submitted to itself to insert into the database. When its submitted, the script is looking for 'foo' and 'bar', but they are now in the $_POST, and this is where it breaks for the other guy, because the script is still looking for 'foo' and 'bar' in the $_GET array. So in my case, it seems as if php is not behaving as it should. So, my question is, are there any other php options that I should be looking for/using, to use the new variables in its strictest form. If you need more info, dont hesitate to ask. Thanks

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