ereg worked now it doesn't

[futilemonk]

Hello and thanks to all you brilliant volunteers!

I am not skilled with PHP and I am helping someone with their site. before i copied the site to my server this script worked (it was something similar to a dropdown menu where if you click on ABOUT a list of links would apear below the ABOUT button), but now it does not:

<? if (ereg("/home/sonvalle/public_html/needs/", $PHP_SELF)) { ?><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="/needs/donate/" class="whitenav">Donate</a></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="/needs/fundraisers/" class="whitenav">Fundraisers</a></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="/needs/wish/" class="whitenav">Wish List</a></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="/needs/volunteer/" class="whitenav">Volunteer Needs</a></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="/needs/waiting/" class="whitenav">Waiting List</a></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#276332"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="100%" class="whitenav">&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>
<? } ?>


i tried to replace ereg with preg_match and that doesn't worh either. If any has any clues I will be forever gratefull.

thanks

 

[Vragabond]

So, what exactly is not working right now? Does the if sentence not evaluate to true and the block you showed is not run?

 

[OsakaWebbie]

Try some diagnostics - add "echo $PHP_SELF" somewhere so that you can see what its value actually is.

Also, referencing the variable that way depends on register_globals being set - if it was on the other server but isn't on yours, $PHP_SELF might be null. I recommend using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] instead, as it works anywhere.