Re: Variable Problems

In the name.php file try to echo "Hello ".$_GET["name"]; If it works mean that you have register_globals = off in your php.ini file. Make the register_globals = on and the echo "Hello $name" will work but I advive you to not make the register_globals = on due to some security issues. -- Best regards, George Nicolae IT Manager ___________________ PaginiWeb.com - Professional Web Design www.PaginiWeb.com "Dylan Williams" <dylan@plugmusic.com> wrote in message news:20030606090840.30661.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi all, > > I'm having trouble using variables. > > If I create a PHP file and define the variables within it (e.g. $name = > "Bob";) and then ask the same file to ouput the variable as part of an echo > command (e.g. echo( "Hello, $name"); ), it works fine. > > The problem comes when I try to link to a PHP file from an HTML file (e.g. > <A HREF="name.php?name=Bob"> I am Bob </A>. Instead of displaying the > sentence as defined in the PHP file (e.g. echo( "Hello, $name"); ), I get > the following error message: > > Notice: Undefined variable: name in e:\xxx\name.php on line 43 > > Does anyone know what the problem might be? I've tried writing the code in > a number of different ways but with the same result. Could it be that my > PHP or IIS server settings are not quite right? > > Many thanks for any help! > Dylan. > > -- > Dylan J. Williams > Silent Films & Plug Music (HK) Limited > > GPO Box 8315, > Central, Hong Kong SAR, > China. > Ph: +852 9641 2246 Fx; +852 2809 2550 > www.silent-films.org > >