Re: values out of form variables

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 22:52, Mihir Dhond wrote: > <form action="welcome.php" method="get"> > First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" /><br /> > Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" /><br /> > <input type="submit" value="GO" /> > </form> > > code in welcome.php: > > <?php > echo( "Welcome to my Website, $firstname $lastname!" ); > ?> Change that to echo "Welcome to my website, " . $_GET['firstname'] . " " . $_GET['lastname'] . "!"; The reason for this is that with 4.3.0 register_globals is set to off by default. This is a much-needed security measure, as it keeps curious people like me from screwing around with your website by manually entering variables and bogus values... You can now reference form variables with $_GET and $_POST, respectively. Read all about it here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php HTH, Mitch

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