Passing through forms

[iceraider]

Ok please tell me why I can't so this, say someone just filled out a form. Now I see there details, but one prints and one doesnt

if($do == "Submit Info") {
  echo "FIRST NAME: $first";
  submit();
}

function submit() {
  echo "FIRST NAME: $first";
}

It won't print it out when its in the function???

[iceraider]

anyone

i have to go soon for the night 🙁

[suntra]

This should work :

function submit() {
  global $first;
  echo "FIRST NAME: $first";
}

But does $first and $do come from a form ?!

[iceraider]

YUP! I won't jsut need first. There is 3 others. Isnt there a way to just have all form elements in there?

[suntra]

If you used $POST["variable_name"] instead of $variable_name, you could use it directly in functions without "making it global". Anyway, you SHOULD use $POST instead of $variable. You should work with register_globals set to Off.

[iceraider]

How do I set it to off!

Originally posted by suntra
If you used $POST["variable_name"] instead of $variable_name, you could use it directly in functions without "making it global". Anyway, you SHOULD use $POST instead of $variable. You should work with register_globals set to Off.

[suntra]

Go in php.ini and set register_globals = off;

Then restart the server. But if you don't have the control of your Server, well, you can't set it off... !