NEWBIE: passing variables in a form

[Anon]

I have PHP4 and Apache Server running on WinME, and have a problem passing variables from an html page to php. The php functions fine when I define the variable in the page, but when I try to pass it in from externally it doesn't work. I've tried 'method=post' and also a link with the variables to the page, but it just keeps telling me my variable is undefined. i'm convinced that the form is coded correctly, and believe this could be a problem in php.ini - does anyone have any experience of this?

[Anon]

Hello,

Try accessing the variable like this:

$HTTP_POST_VARS["variable_name"];

That goes on the php page.

That SHOULD work.

Bill

[Anon]

sounds like register globals is off.
read about it http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php

[Anon]

Spooky - I'm also a Newbie encountering exactly the same problem with PHP4 with both PWS and Apache2. Even the $PHP_SELF variable is being picked up as being an undefined variable. Looks like the track_vars ini item might be the area to look at, but according to documentation it is permanently set to true in my version 4.2.1. so should allow tracking of form vars!?

I would also appreciate some advice.