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Why aren't my form values being passed to the next page?

Debugging PHP

Why aren't my form values being passed to the next page?

by  jimoblak  Posted    (Edited  )
Some basic PHP tutorials show how you can access data passed in a form in this manner:

FORM.HTML
Code: 
<form name="myform" action="RESULT.PHP" method="post">
<input type="text" name="mydata">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

RESULT.PHP
Code: 
<?php
print 'You entered: ' . $mydata;
?>

This is a very simple and insecure method of passing data. If this script does not work for you, then PHP has been configured with register_globals set to OFF in the php.ini file. All installations of PHP 4.2.0 and above default to OFF.

The correct way to obtain the data in the example above is:
RESULT.PHP
Code: 
<?php
print 'You entered: ' . $_POST[mydata];
?>

Further details are explained at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php
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