Undefined variable ????

Anon

hi,

i just updated php on my computer an now all my scripts aren't working anymore i get these error message:

Notice: Undefined variable: ......

Notice: Use of undefined constant ......

i read in some threads here that i can turn off these messages ... and i did but it does not help me because no variable aren't working in my scripts no variable get any value???

so what can i do to get my scripts working again????

thx,
santos

progman

I would bet that prior to you updating your version of php you were accessing your global vars like this:

function name(var1, var2){
global $var1, $var2;
}

I would also bet that these are the vars that are generating the "undefined errors". Check in you php.ini file for the config line that refers to global vars. It is probably set to "off". If you turn this "on" it will solve your problem. However, that is not the best solution. You should be accessing these vars with $GETS and $POSTS, this is the recommended way and why the fore mentioned parameter is set to "off".

Secondly, silencing error msg's with @ does not and will not make your vars defined. Applying a @ prior to a statement basically tells php to "shut up". The error still exists but you can no longer hear php complaining about it. If you recall batch files, you used @ prior to a call so that the computer wouldn't spit the cmd out to stdout:

@ cd dir_name

The computer would cd but not show it on the display to the user ... I may have just revieled my age a little bit.

Hope this helps!

Anon

hi,
at first i'd like to thank you helped me a lot and now i've got a other question:

does this mean that each varible i wanna get from a form has to be accessed with $POSTS if the method is post and each variable whitch is given in the query string has to be accessed via $GETS ????

like this:

script call: index.php?test_var=hello

<?
echo $_GETS['test_var'];
?>

and

<?
if(isset($POSTS['test_var']))
{
echo $POSTS['test_var'];
exit();
}
?>
<form method=post action=index.php>
<input name=test_var type=text>
<input type=submit>
</form>

is this correct ???

thx,
santos

Anon

It's $GET and $POST, instead of $GETS and $POSTS

Diego