about PHP_SELF variable

[olivarespablo]

Hi all
In a HTML form i put the action property = $PHP_SELF, but a i got an 'variable not defined' error. But if i write
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] it works ok. I have the same problem with handling form requests, well i think so, if i have a input in a form named 'name', when i submit the form in the result page i can't access to $name variable, however i can access to $HTTP_POST_VARS['name']. I think i have a problem with the 'global_variables' property, or something like that.

Any help please, i would appreciate.

Thanks

[Mark_P_W]

You need to turn register_globals on in your php.ini

[matt_4013]

I would suggest NOT turning it on, but instead referring to your variables using the $POST, $GET, $_SESSION, etc. methods. register_globals is set to off by default for a reason, not just to make everyone's life a little harder 😉

Read more about the reasons why here: http://php.planetmirror.com/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php