Re: php3 / php4 vars - Submitted form doesn't work

> So my question is : Are there differences between > PHP3 and PHP4, in the manner of passing variables to > a script ??? Sort of. There are many factors for using data from outside of PHP, such as forms. For example, let's assume: <form method="GET" action="test.php"> <input type="text" name="foo" value="bar"> <input type="submit" name="submit"> </form> Within test.php will be our information, but how do we access 'foo' = 'bar' information? Good question, many ways exist, such as: // Works since PHP 3 print $HTTP_GET_VARS['foo']; // Works since PHP 4.1.0 print $_GET['foo']; // Works if the PHP directive register_globals // is ON, which has been default to off since // PHP 4.2.0 print $foo; Most likely you are trying to access $foo while register_globals = off. You may want to discuss this topic a little with your host, and ask them to turn register_globals back on until everyone is happy/ready for this major change. Is there such a thing as register_globals_runtime()? Nope. But you can (if host allows) use .htaccess to modify such directives. Also consider the functions extract() and/or import_request_variables() too. I did post a _version_ of doing this at runtime here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17428 It might help too. Also read: http://www.php.net/manual/language.variables.predefined.php Regards, Philip Olson