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MytHunter

Im sending information from a form to a php file. Say I want to use some of the form variables in the php file.

In ASP I would use the command <%=Request.Form("variable")%> That command would take the varable out of http://www.website.com/form.asp?variable=variable.

Is there a simple command to do this in php.

nashirak

I point you there:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.forms.php

To answer your question breifly PHP uses:

$variable = $POST["variable"];
or
$variable = $GET["variable"];

If you are using 4.2.0 < (ie 4.1.0 and below) or if globals are on you can just call the variable in your program, without using $POST or $GET like (say after POST or GET you have a variable named foo)
<?
echo $foo;
?>

Hope this Helps!

philipolson

and that part of the php tutorial links to the following manual page, a very good read rich with examples:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php

ednark

the basic punchline is that unlike ASP, Php differentiates between variables from POST and GET and places them in different places for security reasons. you must know wheich your variable came from to access it.

you may also change register_gloabals in php.ini but i don't recomend doing this.