_POST[] vs HTTP_POST_VARS[]

[altaergo]

Ok, I started off with the bad practice of just pulling my form data with just using a $fieldname.

I realized the error of my ways and started using $HTTP_POST_VARS['fieldname']. Now I've reinstalled php on my machine and HTTP_POST_VARS no longer has my variables, but it's in $_POST['fieldname'];

I verified this with phpinfo().

So to keep from having to rewrite everything is there somewhere I can get my HTTP_POST_VARS back??

I checked to make sure register_globals was on in php.ini and it is....

[[deleted]]

Well, you can always place this at the top of your script:

$HTTP_POST_VARS = $_POST;

That will place everything in $_POST into $HTTP_POST_VARS....

[altaergo]

I could do that and it would work, but then I'd have to go through and fix every script for every app I've written for each company that we host.

I don't have time to do that. I'm really looking for why it's doing this, not trying to put in a crutch to make it work.

[rebelo]

I thought that php introduced the $POST and $GET arrays etc in 4.1 or something, but I was SURE that HTTP_POST_VARS and such were left alive. My server is way out of date and doesn't even support $_POST, so I cannot test.

Check php.net ChangeLog to see if it was removed?

[altaergo]

Found this in http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php

$_POST
Variables provided to the script via HTTP POST. Analogous to the old $HTTP_POST_VARS array (which is still available, but deprecated).

But I can't get to it at all... maybe they turned it off and forgot to tell someone? Anyway, if that is the case you guys be careful before you upgrade your servers.

[PHPdev]

What versions of Apache and PHP are you running?

thanks

PHPdev

[altaergo]

it's a redhat 8 beta

from phpinf0()
Apache/2.0.36 (Red Hat Linux)
PHP Version 4.2.2

PHP_SELF = /index.php
POST["test"] = tyuityui

POST["Submit"] = Submit

_SERVER["UNIQUE_ID"] = qipozUQ-KDsAABXmEXgAAAAB

'./configure' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--prefix=/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--disable-debug' '--enable-pic' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-bz2' '--with-db3' '--with-curl' '--with-dom=/usr' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-ttf' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-ncurses' '--with-gmp' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-png' '--with-pspell' '--with-regex=system' '--with-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-debugger' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-yp' '--enable-wddx' '--without-oci8' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl' '--with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos' '--with-ldap=shared' '--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-snmp=shared,/usr' '--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-ucd-snmp-hack' '--with-unixODBC=shared' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-dio' '--enable-mcal' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--enable-experimental-zts' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs'

See, I have _POST but no HTTP_POST_VARS...

I think I installed this from RPM. Maybe Redhat did something weird to disable it.

[PHPdev]

I currently have two servers running 4.2.3 and one running like 4.2.2. The $HTTP_POST_VARS[] do not show up in my phpinfo() but I can still use them. I dont think this is an issue with your version of PHP. I am not running Apache 2.X on any of our servers, but I can not think of how that would be an issue with PHP variables.

Hope this helps, and when you get it figured out, let me know

Thanks

PHPdev