Getting "Undefined" errors

[djhawthorn]

I keep getting this in my Apache Server error log:

[Wed Jul 24 16:38:43 2002] [error] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: REQUEST_METHOD in c:\web\htdocs\meeting_booking_form.php on line 24

Line 24 is the "if" line in this:

<?
if ($REQUEST_METHOD != &quot;POST&quot {
?>
<form METHOD=&quot;POST&quot; ACTION=&quot;meeting_booking_form.php&quot;>

Whenever I try to submit the form, it just goes straight back to the HTML form - it doesn't process the data, and generates the Apache error above. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Valcor]

If you're using a more recent version of PHP, doesn't it have to be:

  if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] != "POST") {

Plus I'm not sure how the recent change to the php.ini file may affect that. They decided to default the &quot;register_globals&quot; to OFF for security reasons. You may need to set that to on, but I should probably let the more expert people comment on that. --
Jon

 

[AnakinPt]

If you are starting to use PHP, the best way is realy let that in the off status. If you already used PHP before, and you used to use $varname as the name of a var passed to that page by a get or post method, you should change it to on, cause otherwise all your programs will fail.

But, besides that, there's another thing. Error_reporting. By default it cames with E_ALL. But, when you refer to a var not set before, it will provide you a notice. To prevent that, if you already have php code working, you should put in error_reporting= E_ALL && ~E_NOTICE
Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

 

[djhawthorn]

Thanks, register_globals was off.

I knew it'd be something to do with the recent vuln's, but I didn't know where to look. I appreciate the help.