what has Hostway done to PHP? Form variables suddenly undefined in previously working forms

[jerrygarciuh]

Hostway swears they didn't do anything but mysterious breakdowns have made
us do the following test:
<?
if ($_POST) {
echo "<h3>name is defined as $name</h3>";
print_r($_POST) ;
exit;
}
?>

<form name="form1" method="post" action="test.ph p">
<input name="name" type="text" id="name">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
This produces:
name is defined as
Array ( [name] => fellow [Submit] => Submit )

So $_POST has the defined var but $name is no longer automatically defined.
What did they do to the configuration?

TIA!

jg

[matty]

Re: what has Hostway done to PHP? Form variables suddenly undefined in previously working forms

Andy Hassall wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:48:46 -0500, "jerrygarci uh"
> <designs@no.spa m.nolaflash.com > wrote:
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>> echo "<h3>name is defined as $name</h3>";[/color]
>
> Search for 'register_globa ls'.
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co. uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)[/color]

Sod it, I'll do a Wiki at the weekend!

Matt

[Matthias Esken]

Re: what has Hostway done to PHP? Form variables suddenly undefined in previously working forms

"jerrygarci uh" <designs@no.spa m.nolaflash.com > schrieb:
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> So $_POST has the defined var but $name is no longer automatically defined.
> What did they do to the configuration?[/color]

register_global s = off

Regards,
Matthias

[jerrygarciuh]

Re: what has Hostway done to PHP? Form variables suddenly undefined in previously working forms

Yep! The jerks had stuck a php.ini in our cgi-bin with one line:
auto_register_g lobals = off


Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh !! Lost money. Feh!


Thanks all! Much obliged!


jg




"jerrygarci uh" <designs@no.spa m.nolaflash.com > wrote in message
news:vW73b.2580 6$xf.18726@lake read06...[color=blue]
> Hostway swears they didn't do anything but mysterious breakdowns have made
> us do the following test:
> <?
> if ($_POST) {
> echo "<h3>name is defined as $name</h3>";
> print_r($_POST) ;
> exit;
> }
> ?>
>
> <form name="form1" method="post" action="test.ph p">
> <input name="name" type="text" id="name">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
> This produces:
> name is defined as
> Array ( [name] => fellow [Submit] => Submit )
>
> So $_POST has the defined var but $name is no longer automatically[/color]
defined.[color=blue]
> What did they do to the configuration?
>
> TIA!
>
> jg
>
>[/color]

[Richard Hockey]

Re: what has Hostway done to PHP? Form variables suddenly undefined in previously working forms


"jerrygarci uh" <designs@no.spa m.nolaflash.com > wrote in message
news:vW73b.2580 6$xf.18726@lake read06...[color=blue]
> Hostway swears they didn't do anything but mysterious breakdowns have made
> us do the following test:
> <?
> if ($_POST) {
> echo "<h3>name is defined as $name</h3>";[/color]

try echo "<h3>name is defined as $_POST["name"]</h3>";

I would say your webhost has just upgraded their version of PHP, to one
which has register_global s set to 'off;' by default. To access form
variables you can use the $_POST and $_GET arrays:

POST method - $_POST["form_element_n ame"]

GET method - $_GET["forn_element_n ame"]
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> <form name="form1" method="post" action="test.ph p">
> <input name="name" type="text" id="name">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
> </form>
> jg[/color]