??? help with a simple form

energie

Thanks all in advance.

Why does this simple code not work?

if( isset( $hi ) )
{
    echo "<html><body>";
    echo "ok";
    echo "</body></html>";
}
else
{   
    echo "<html><body>";
    echo "  <form method=\"post\" action=\"$PHP_SELF?hi=man\">\n";
    echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"typehere\" value=\"what\" size=\"20\" maxlength=\"20\"></td>\n";
    echo "   <input type=\"submit\" value=\"  test  \">\n";
    echo "  </form>\n";
    echo "</body></html>";
}

$hi is NEVER set, and $typehere is never set as well
code looks simple enough, im thinking could it be my server??

please help
thanks again!

energie

found that
in my php.ini
i have
register_globals = off

turned it on and it works fine

thanks all

Mahlkav

Tried the code on mine, and it seemed to work... didn't get any errors anyways

mrmufin

Try this:

if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["hi"])) {
	// code for this shtuff
} else {
	// other code
}

It's just good coding practice to not assume that GET, POST or COOKIE variables are automatically registered globally.

energie

Originally posted by mrmufin
Try this:
if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["hi"])) {
	// code for this shtuff
} else {
	// other code
}
It's just good coding practice to not assume that GET, POST or COOKIE variables are automatically registered globally. [/B]

thanks, i've changed it to that