Is there a setting to allow $var = "" when POST and GET vars are strict?

[Keiron Waites]

I have the following problem: $_POST["val"] and $_GET["val"] variables can
only be used when in the correct format (not $val), but when I define a
variable within my PHP page (eg $internal_var = "value" ) it doesn't work
and is not found. Why is this?

I have this code in an Apache .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) /ShareMonkey.net/Web/index.php
</IfModule>

Do I need to add some extra code to allow for internal variables?

TIA

[sam]

Re: Is there a setting to allow $var = &quot;&quot; when POST and GET vars are strict?

"Keiron Waites" <webmaster@-NOSPAM-sharemonkey.com > wrote in message
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> I have the following problem: $_POST["val"] and $_GET["val"] variables can
> only be used when in the correct format (not $val), but[/color]


You have in your php.ini file register_global s = off
That's why you can use $_GET['val'] , $_POST['val'] but not $val
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> when I define a variable within my PHP page (eg $internal_var = "value" )
> it doesn't work and is not found. Why is this?[/color]

All user_defined variables are visible only within the scope
they are defined in.
To use them within another scope use the 'global' directive:

Ex:
$my_var = "blabala";

function getIt()
{
echo $my_var; // this will print nothing
// because $my_var is invisible
// here
}

To make the function works:

function getIt()
{
global $my_var; // import $my_var in this scope

echo $my_var; // this will print 'blabala'
}

HTH.
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> I have this code in an Apache .htaccess file:
>
> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-f
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-d
> RewriteRule (.*) /ShareMonkey.net/Web/index.php
> </IfModule>
>
> Do I need to add some extra code to allow for internal variables?
>
> TIA
>
>[/color]