Upgrade problem - $PHP_SELF

[mahendrakalkura]

hi guys

i have one more question

first when i was using php 4.0.6 i used this statement

<a href="<?php print("$PHP_SELF?page="); ?>home">">Home</a>

and so on for my navigation url's

then it generated url's as follows

http://localhost/BSNL/index.php?page=home

and so on

it was working fine

then when i upgraded to php 4.2.3

it suddenly changed to

http://localhost/BSNL/?page=home

it works fine too

but i was just wondering if there is any hidden drawback in it

how can i rectify it

i also used $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'] as i saw in some site

but then it gave me an error

T_STRING expected - parse error

so help me guys

[kragoth]

1. You can change in php.ini register globals value to on, then you will can to use $PHP_SELF

2. exctract($_SERVER); , then use $PHP_SELF

3. use $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] or $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'] (it's better way)

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Sincerely,
Valeriy Shvec
AlarIT programmer
http://www.AlarIT.com

[nemonoman]

Your host probably is set to run 'index.php' as a default page in the directory. The host runs 'index.php' without the page being explicitly called -- same as just typing the domain name gets you the index.html or index.php page, etc. The parameters are then passed to the index.php page once the server has called it.

The drawback would be if the server parameters are changed without your awareness so that index.php is not called.

It won't work for other pages like myPHPpagewithsomeothername.php.

$PHP_SELF seems to work for me in 4.23.

[Weedpacket]

As kragoth says, number 3 is the best solution

<a href="<?php print($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'])?>?page=home">Home</a>

should work.

[mahendrakalkura]

hi guys

as you told i tried it like this

<?php print("$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?page="); ?>home">

and

<?php print("$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']?page="); ?>home">

but i still get an error

it is as follows

Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in c:\phpdev\www\last\index.php on line 50

please help

[Duey]

run phpinfo() loook down at the PHP_SELF var see what it says if its not there its not gonna work also try
$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
or
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PHP_SELF"];
with double qoutes thats how it says in the phpinfo()

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by mahendrakalkura
but i still get an error

Check my code again, it avoids this error.

[planetsim]

Weedpacket i remember in some post long ago you saying that you shouldnt be skipping errors hmm...

Most likely in your php.ini your error_reporting is E_ALL

Its good if you wanna try and get error free code. It can also be a pain in the a@# to fix sometimes

[Weedpacket]

Huh? I'm not the one with the error.

[lnfreish]

use:
<?php
echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>

or

<?php
echo "$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]"; //no single quotes if use it in double quotation marks
?>

[mahendrakalkura]

thanks anyway guys

i finally set register_globals=on

lol

[Weedpacket]

Bad move; it's off by default for a reason.

[mahendrakalkura]

i did it cuz if not all my scripts were going mad

i was going mad by then too

lol

never should have turned it on when i first started learning php

lol