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  • mickbw
    #1

    Get Method Works but not Post Method on PHP 5.0.4 pages

    I am unable to display PHP pages generated by a submission of a form
    using a POST method. To illustrate this, I created a very simple form
    called TestForm.php .


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"
    />
    <title>Test Form</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
    <table>
    <tr><td>Name</td><td><input type="text" name="name0"/></td></tr>
    <tr><td>Age</td><td><input type="text" name="age0"/></td></tr>
    </table>
    <input type="submit" name="SubmitMe" value="Submitte d" />
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>

    I first set the method for the form to GET and the page loaded again
    after the submit.
    When I changed the method back to POST, I received a Page Not Found
    error page.
    I created another page testform3.php to display the Form Values after
    submit. I changed the action on the form to testform3.php.

    I am frustrated.
    Windows 2k Server SP4
    IIS 5
    PHP 5.04
    MySQL 4.1.11

    Any and all help would be appreciated.

    Michael

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    • Nicolas Peyrussie
      #2
      Re: Get Method Works but not Post Method on PHP 5.0.4 pages

      I don't understand your problem, your code works for me (with GET as
      well as with POST methods), the page loads again after submitting.

      mickbw wrote:[color=blue]
      > I am unable to display PHP pages generated by a submission of a form
      > using a POST method. To illustrate this, I created a very simple form
      > called TestForm.php .
      >
      >
      > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
      > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
      > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      > <head>
      > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"
      > />
      > <title>Test Form</title>
      > </head>
      > <body>
      > <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
      > <table>
      > <tr><td>Name</td><td><input type="text" name="name0"/></td></tr>
      > <tr><td>Age</td><td><input type="text" name="age0"/></td></tr>
      > </table>
      > <input type="submit" name="SubmitMe" value="Submitte d" />
      > </form>
      > </body>
      > </html>
      >
      > I first set the method for the form to GET and the page loaded again
      > after the submit.
      > When I changed the method back to POST, I received a Page Not Found
      > error page.
      > I created another page testform3.php to display the Form Values after
      > submit. I changed the action on the form to testform3.php.
      >
      > I am frustrated.
      > Windows 2k Server SP4
      > IIS 5
      > PHP 5.04
      > MySQL 4.1.11
      >
      > Any and all help would be appreciated.
      >
      > Michael
      >[/color]

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        • mickbw
          #3
          Re: Get Method Works but not Post Method on PHP 5.0.4 pages

          Thanks for the Reply.

          I know it should work. It works if I test it on my workstation or on
          another server. The problem is that even a simple page like this is
          not working on a Win2k Server with PHP 5.04 and IIS 5.0 installed on
          it.

          I'm sure it is a setting that I've missed but I'm not seeing it.

          Michael

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            • Andy Hassall
              #4
              Re: Get Method Works but not Post Method on PHP 5.0.4 pages

              On 28 Apr 2005 07:20:09 -0700, "mickbw" <mickbw@gmail.c om> wrote:
              [color=blue]
              >I know it should work. It works if I test it on my workstation or on
              >another server. The problem is that even a simple page like this is
              >not working on a Win2k Server with PHP 5.04 and IIS 5.0 installed on
              >it.[/color]

              Then it's probably a setting in IIS, not in PHP, in which case try:

              microsoft.publi c.inetserver.ii s

              --
              Andy Hassall / <andy@andyh.co. uk> / <http://www.andyh.co.uk >
              <http://www.andyhsoftwa re.co.uk/space> Space: disk usage analysis tool

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                • mickbw
                  #5
                  Re: Get Method Works but not Post Method on PHP 5.0.4 pages

                  Andy,

                  Thanks. It was IIS.

                  A post at PHPBuilder sent me this info:
                  Running Win2K AS + IIS5.0 + PHP 4.3.1, I ran into a nasty problem that
                  I mistakenly thought had to do with something in the php.ini
                  configuration. When I would try to submit a form using the HTTP method
                  GET it would work, but I would get a "404 Page Not Found" error using
                  the POST method.

                  All my permissions were set correctly, the php.ini was configured
                  correctly. It had to do with URLScan being installed on IIS (see below)

                  Page 404 File Not Found Error When Using POST method in PHP (and Perl,
                  and otherwise)
                  -------------------------------------------

                  This is related to the Microsoft URLScan utility. If you have this
                  problem, the IIS administrator has probably run the IIS Lockdown tool
                  as well as configured URLScan to reject this type of HTTP method when
                  sent in a URL. These tools are meant to enhance web server security.

                  URLScan configuration files can be found in the
                  \WINNT\system32 \inetsrv\urlsca n folder on the web server. Specifically,
                  the file to modify is urlscan.ini.

                  The changes to make are as follows:
                  1. Make sure UseAllowVerbs=1 under [options]
                  2. Under the [AllowVerbs] section, list your allowed HTTP methods to
                  include:
                  GET
                  POST

                  For more information on the IIS Lockdown tool and URLScan, visit
                  Microsoft Learn: Build skills that open doors in your career
                  http://technet.microsoft.com
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                  It works now.

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