<a href="target.php?link=value"> no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

[c]

RH9, Apache 2.0.49, php 4.3.6
been away from php for about 2 years and
this way used to work, still does in older php versions, now it doesn't.
is there a reason for this? a work around?

Thanx in Advance!!

[Shane Lahey]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

On 27 May 2004 22:12:28 -0700, chingayou@yahoo .com (c) wrote:
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>RH9, Apache 2.0.49, php 4.3.6
>been away from php for about 2 years and
>this way used to work, still does in older php versions, now it doesn't.
>is there a reason for this? a work around?
>
>Thanx in Advance!![/color]
be more specific, because that should work... :D

[Theo]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

Shane Lahey <s.lahey@roadru nner.nf.net> wrote in
news:56mdb0l6d8 81v41mj09jrfj2f 7c2ul08ql@4ax.c om:
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> be more specific, because that should work... :D[/color]

perhaps hes means about getting the variables... before $_GET was around?

[Berislav Lopac]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

Theo wrote:[color=blue]
> Shane Lahey <s.lahey@roadru nner.nf.net> wrote in
> news:56mdb0l6d8 81v41mj09jrfj2f 7c2ul08ql@4ax.c om:
>[color=green]
>> be more specific, because that should work... :D[/color]
>
> perhaps hes means about getting the variables... before $_GET was
> around?[/color]

Actually, he has problems with register_global s.

Berislav

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[ccjx]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

Berislav Lopac wrote:[color=blue]
> Theo wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Shane Lahey <s.lahey@roadru nner.nf.net> wrote in
>>news:56mdb0l6 d881v41mj09jrfj 2f7c2ul08ql@4ax .com:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>be more specific, because that should work... :D[/color]
>>
>>perhaps hes means about getting the variables... before $_GET was
>>around?[/color]
>
>
> Actually, he has problems with register_global s.
>
> Berislav
>
> --
> If the Internet is a Marx Brothers movie, and Web, e-mail, and IRC are
> Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, then Usenet is Zeppo.
>
>[/color]
If you want to use that, in current versions of PHP, it will save the
arguments into a superglobal known as $_GET.

In the past, if register_global s was enabled, at this page,
"something.php? var=hello"
$var = "hello"

But this created a huge security risk, for example if your script has a
$logged_in = 1; //very lousy and bad code, dude,
The evil user can just use "something.php? logged_in=1" and your site is
toast.

So in recent versions of PHP, to access that particular variable, use $_GET.

e.g. something.php?v ar1=hi&var2=boo
echo $_GET["var1"]; // hi
echo $_GET["var2"]; // boo

Similarly, POST variables are now under $_POST just fyi.

That's all, hope that helps, have fun!

ccjx

[c]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

"Berislav Lopac" <berislav.lopac @dimedia.hr> wrote in message news:<c96qc2$sk c$1@ls219.htnet .hr>...[color=blue]
> Theo wrote:[color=green]
> > Shane Lahey <s.lahey@roadru nner.nf.net> wrote in
> > news:56mdb0l6d8 81v41mj09jrfj2f 7c2ul08ql@4ax.c om:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> be more specific, because that should work... :D[/color]
> >
> > perhaps hes means about getting the variables... before $_GET was
> > around?[/color]
>
> Actually, he has problems with register_global s.
>
> Berislav[/color]

Yes, it is about getting variables from one page to the next using
that syntax.
I have seen $_GET around but do not know how to incorporate that into
my code using a link. Tried turning on register_global s in php.ini,
that didn't work either, besides, it is shunned on by programming
community.
Thanx!

[Theo]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

chingayou@yahoo .com (c) wrote in news:57807ce.04 05280759.edf73f 5
@posting.google .com:
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> I have seen $_GET around but do not know how to incorporate that into
> my code using a link.[/color]

you dont. you use the link normally 'page.php?var=x ' and use $_GET on the
receiving page '$var = $_GET['var']' then all is good.

[Shane Lahey]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

On 28 May 2004 08:59:19 -0700, chingayou@yahoo .com (c) wrote:
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>"Berislav Lopac" <berislav.lopac @dimedia.hr> wrote in message news:<c96qc2$sk c$1@ls219.htnet .hr>...[color=green]
>> Theo wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > Shane Lahey <s.lahey@roadru nner.nf.net> wrote in
>> > news:56mdb0l6d8 81v41mj09jrfj2f 7c2ul08ql@4ax.c om:
>> >
>> >> be more specific, because that should work... :D
>> >
>> > perhaps hes means about getting the variables... before $_GET was
>> > around?[/color]
>>
>> Actually, he has problems with register_global s.
>>
>> Berislav[/color]
>
>Yes, it is about getting variables from one page to the next using
>that syntax.
>I have seen $_GET around but do not know how to incorporate that into
>my code using a link. Tried turning on register_global s in php.ini,
>that didn't work either, besides, it is shunned on by programming
>community.
>Thanx![/color]

in target.php the value of link would be stored in the variable:
$_GET['link']

[Philipp Kern]

Re: &lt;a href=&quot;targ et.php?link=val ue&quot;&gt; no longer works in PHP 4.3.6

On 2004-05-28, ccjx <ccjx@newagezon e.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Similarly, POST variables are now under $_POST just fyi.[/color]

And all together are shared in $_REQUEST ;)

Bye,
phil
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