Re: PHP Scripting errors

I'm not understanding why people still use $HTTP_XXXX if your using a newer version of PHP, which most people are. Why not use $_Post["firstname"] and $_Post["lastname"] . Sooner or later you'll have to switch anyway... "Nick H. -- Level II Engineer" <nickh@supportteam.net> wrote in message news:001501c319b6$24a4aca0$0c81f93f@cidomain.propagation.net... > Your register globals in the ini on your local machine may be turned to OFF. > Try tossing a $HTTP_REQUEST_VARS; to the top of your php script and see what > that does. > > > > Regards, > Nick H. > nickh@supportteam.net > > PGP Fingerprint: D507 15FA E277 FD61 4210 69C0 BDE3 793C 2A1E 3D6F > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Reiswig" <lists-php@honorcomputers.com> > To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:11 AM > Subject: [PHP-WIN] PHP Scripting errors > > > > I have just installed php (along with mysql and apache) on my windows 2K > > machine and everything seemed to be working correctly. I ran phpinfo() > > and it returned exactly what I would expect. Possibly since this is my > > first install of php ever I may not know what I should be looking for. > > When I ran a form that passed two variables to a receiving php page the > > page rendered correctly minus the data that should have showed up. I > > used "get" to pass the variable data and the correct variables were in > > the url string but not on the page itself. When I posted the two pages > > at my website (its hosted and I expect set up correctly) the script ran > > as it should. The data was in the URL and on the page. Below is the > > form code and then after is the receiving php code. > > > > ***** welcomeform.html ***** > > <html><head><title>Welcome Form</title></head><body> > > <form action="welcome.php" method="get"> > > First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" > > id="firstname" /><br /> > > Last Name: <input type="test" name="lastname" > > id="lastname" /><br /> > > <input type="submit" value="GO!" /> > > </form> > > </body></html> > > > > ***** welcome.php ***** > > <?php > > echo "Welcome to my Website, $firstname $lastname!" ; > > ?> > > > > If anyone knows why my scripts are running correctly at my hosted site > > but not locally I'd be very grateful for any pointers. Thanks a lot. > > > > -Adam Reiswig > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >