unable to pass parameters to a .php page on my PC.

Addola · Nov 28, 2002

hey all,

I have installed Apache server , PHP and MySQL on my PC. I was then able to excute .php scripts on my PC (127.0.0.1) The problem is that it couldn't get it to work in passing a parameter from a page to another page using POST or GET. u can see the parameter on the URL Address (e.g Name=Adel&Age=21), but the .php scrpit doesn't understand the parameters passed BUT the .php script works on anything else but the parameters passed. The value isthen treated as NULL. like in the example below.

here is the code :
=============
index.html
=============
<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="text.php">
Who is your favourite author?
<INPUT NAME="Author" TYPE="TEXT">
<BR>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
================
text.php
================
<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
Your favorite author is:
<?php

echo $Author; \\ prints nothing , cause $Author will be NULL

?>
</BODY>
</HTML>
================

However, the case only applies when I am running on my local machine, when I uploaded the files to a webserver that supports PHP, it worked !!!

why ??? What seems to be the problem with my PC ??

I would appreciate ANY help...

this is the site where i uploaded my files :

http://members.lycos.co.uk/addoletta/

LTeeple · Nov 28, 2002

Try on text.php:

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
Your favorite author is:
<?php

$author=$HTTP_POST_VARS['Author'];
echo $author;
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I dont think there's anything wrong with your pc, and I'm not sure why it works on the server, and not on your pc. This should work, if not, post another message.

[cheers]

Cheers!
Laura

Addola · Nov 28, 2002

Well, thanks for the reply. Not even this worked. I probably have something going on in the Apache configuration. Anywayz, I was able to run it after I installed EasyPHP 1.6.0.0, which is a package that includes PHP,MySQL,APACHE and PHPMyAdmin bundeled together and configured to work with each other.

Now I wish i could know why this problem occured with the newer version of Apache "Apache/2.0.43"?

danielhozac · Nov 28, 2002

You probably didn't configure PHP. You are trying to use globals, which is turned off by default since PHP 4.2.0. //Daniel

Addola · Nov 29, 2002

That makes sense, cause I was using the latest version of PHP when I had that problem. But how would it be possible to pass global variables from an HTML form to another .php page or even the same $PHP_SELF ??. Is there anyline that i should "uncomment" or add to the php.ini configuration file ?

danielhozac · Nov 29, 2002

Change register_globals = Off to register_globals = On in php.ini //Daniel

Addola · Nov 29, 2002

Uhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thank you !! That does it !!! I needed to register the globals

It works fine with me now.

Thanks again.

ccicg · Dec 3, 2002

Just a note, even though most of our servers have register_globals = on, and it does make things easier, it is not recommended.

sleipnir214 · Dec 3, 2002

ditto ccicg's post...

Read here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php

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