Re: Notice: Undefined variable:

"Richard West" <ice_dog76@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20021025015917.6473.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hey, I just installed apache and php on my desktop and everything was > working great. I went to go make a form and I am getting these errors > everytime I try to access one of the variables in the form > > Notice: Undefined variable: guest_name in C:\www\book_add.php on line 18 > > anyone got an idea why its doing it. this is what my form looks like. > <form method=get action="book_add.php"> > Your Name: <input name="guest_name" type="text"><br> > Your e-mail: <input name="address" type="text"><br> > Your comments:<br> <TextArea name="comments" cols="50" > rows="5"> > </textarea> > <br> > <br> > <input type=submit> > </form> > and my out put it this > <?php $guest_name; ?> > any ideas why I can't access my query variables?? > > Richard West > ice_dog76@hotmail.com > > ahm, which version of php you're using? from version 4.2.3 the get and post requests changed because of a security problem. now you have to access the post and get variables with $HTTP_GET_VARS[] or the short $_GET[] or for post variables $HTTP_POST_VARS[] or the same in short $_POST[]. i think that would be the problem... an other advice could be: go into your php.ini and set "register_globals" on. ... but it isn't recommend... i hope i could help you!? :)