POST Vars

dcomartin

The way my PHP is configured allows any post variables to be set into their own variables.

Example.

The value of bob will be set to $bob variable.

Now is this track_vars that enables this? or when im writing my script (which will be used on different servers, not setup the same) is there a better way to hanlde post vars? I seen something like

$HTTP_POST_VARS['bob'];

Will this work no matter how php is configured?

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Read the manual:

http://www.php.net/manual/html/configuration.html

track_vars boolean

  If enabled, then Environment, GET, POST, Cookie, and Server variables can be found in the global associative arrays $HTTP_ENV_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS,
  $HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. 

  Note that as of PHP 4.0.3, track_vars is always turned on.

register_globals boolean

  Tells whether or not to register the EGPCS (Environment, GET, POST, Cookie, Server) variables as global variables. You may want to turn this off if you
  don't want to clutter your scripts' global scope with user data. This makes the most sense when coupled with track_vars - in which case you can access
  all of the EGPCS variables through the $HTTP_ENV_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS arrays in the
  global scope.

Anon

Hi!

track_vars boolean

If enabled, then Environment,
GET, POST, Cookie, and Server
variables can be found in the
global associative arrays
$HTTP_ENV_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS,
$HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS,
and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS.

What could be the problem if HTTP_POST_VARS is empty??

The problem appears in Apache 1.3.12 with PHP 3.0.18 build as CGI.

It works as apache module but not as CGI. Both definitely use the same php3.ini with track_vars On and register_globals On

Does anyone know why POST does not work as CGI?

Greetings,

Thomas