passing variables to a new php file?

[Anon]

I'm trying to setup a web form that submits data to a back-end database. I have the form setup and the action is another PHP file.
My problem is that I can't seem to reference the form objects as variables when the form is submitted. All I get are errors like this:

Notice: Undefined variable: name in D:\wwwroot\optin.php on line 9

I'm basically a PHP newbie and I'm sure it's something stupid, but I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Is there something special I need to do to pass the form items to the new php file?

[lensta]

This should be straightforward. Can you post the code of your form, and some code that is trying to access the variables in the PHP script? It is hard to say without being able to see what you are doing...

btw, you are setting the form to Method="POST"??

Len

[Anon]

Sounds like register_globals is set to "Off" in your php.ini file. This is the default setting in PHP 4.2.0 and up. If you have access to the php.ini you can change this however this is discouraged by www.php.net. Instead you should refer to your form varibales from the superglobal arrays. If you are using the "POST" form method then you can access them with:
$POST['first_name']
$POST['last_name']
$POST['email']
etc...
substitute POST with _GET if you are using the "get" method.

[Anon]

I am using 4.2 and I haven't modified the php.ini so that's probably it. I'll give that a try.

I am using POST as my method.

Thanks.