Variables aren't refreshing

Anon

I have had this problem for a while, and now I think I have a config problem. Orignally I was having problems with Select Option values not showing up correctly. I have dug a little deeper and I have a html form that generates this GET post:

http://205.138.58.3/test/tssubmit2.php?&realname=JoeBlow&EmployeeNo=123456&WeekEndDate=12%2F8%2F2000&work1=171099&Description1=TESTTEST&Sun1=&Mon1=5&Tue1=&Wed1=&Thu1=&Fri1=&Sat1=&Total1=2

The tssubmit2.php file is as follows:

<body>
<?php

 $newsplit = explode("/", $WeekEndDate); 
 $Sunday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]-5,$newsplit[2])); 	
 $Monday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]-4,$newsplit[2])); 
 $Tuesday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]-3,$newsplit[2]));
 $Wednesday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]-2,$newsplit[2]));
 $Thursday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]-1,$newsplit[2]));
 $Friday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1],$newsplit[2]));
 $Saturday = date("Y-m-d",mktime(0,0,0,$newsplit[0],$newsplit[1]+1,$newsplit[2]));


 print ("Employee:  $EmployeeNo");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Week end date:  $WeekEndDate");
 print ("<p>");;
 print ("Work1:  $work1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Mon:  $Mon1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Tue:  $Tue1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Wed:  $Wed1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Thu:  $Thu1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Fri:  $Fri1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Description:  $Description1");
 print ("<p>");
 print ("Thanks for submitting.");

 ?>
 </body>

I was originally putting all these values in a MySQL database but, I have cut that out till I get the bugs worked out.

If I modify the GET URL, one some of the data changes. Specifically if I modify one of the variables that is a number, it changes. If I modify one that is a string, it does not change. It retains the previous value.

If I use the URL:

http://205.138.58.3/test/tssubmit2.php?&realname=JoeBlow&EmployeeNo=123456&WeekEndDate=12%2F8%2F2000&work1=171099&Description1=TESTTEST&Sun1=&Mon1=5&Tue1=&Wed1=&Thu1=&Fri1=&Sat1=&Total1=2

I get this output from tssubmit2.php:

Employee: 039703
Week end date: 12/8/2000

Work1: 4

Mon: 5

Tue:

Wed:

Thu:

Fri:

Description: testavs12

Thanks for submitting.

Which if you look, the employee number that is coming through is in the URL, but php doesn't pick it up, it uses the old one. This is also true to work1, and description1. If I change one the variables that only has a number for a value, i.e. mon1, tue1, wed1, thu1, etc. The value changes fine.

i.e.
http://205.138.58.3/test/tssubmit2.php?&realname=JoeBlow&EmployeeNo=121212&WeekEndDate=12%2F9%2F2000&work1=ABCD&Description1=TESTTEST&Sun1=&Mon1=12&Tue1=&Wed1=&Thu1=&Fri1=&Sat1=&Total1=2

gives this:

Employee: 039703
Week end date: 12/9/2000

Work1: 4

Mon: 12

Tue:

Wed:

Thu:

Fri:

Description: testavs12

Thanks for submitting.

Does anyone have a clue what's going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mark

Anon

Do you use a cookie with EmployeeNo variable in it ? It would override the GET variable.

Anon

Yes I do use cookies to store values for later use. That must be it. That probably explains why my Select Options come through as the position in the Option list rather than the Value. Can I get around this issue? Can I force php not to use the cookie values?

Anon

3 possibilities :

Use different names in cookies and GET parameters. It's the best solution.
Alter the gpc_order PHP option. By default, it's "GPC", which means cookies override POST which in turn override GET. Avoid if you can.
Use the HTTP_GET_VARS array :
HTTP_GET_VARS["EmployeeNo"]

Anon

Thanks that saved me a lot a headaches. I used the HTTP_GET_VARS ARRAY to repopulate the varibles:

$postget=$HTTP_GET_VARS;
while (list($key,$val)=each($postget)){
$$key=$val;
}

It worked great. Thanks for all your help