$_POST and IIS 6

grizclient

I'm using IIS 6 with PHP 4.2.3 having a problem with an if clause in one file. I've isolated the problem to a $POST statement which is the conditional. $POST works elsewhere on the server, even in the same dir and is being registered by the server for the broken file. What could be the problem?

if ($_POST["submit"]) {
echo "works";
}
else {
echo "doesn't work";
}

The result being "doesn't work" being printed.

stolzyboy

where is your variable "submit" coming from?

stolzyboy

i love when you ask someone some questions on their thread and they don't answer you back or tell you how they fixed it in the meantime, meatheads

eriksmoen

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maybe (he || she)'s too embarrased 😛

xblue

while I admit that it is sometimes frustrating to be told that the question has already been answered elsewhere (grr... crossposters, beware), I would never blame someone for being offline, or doing something else in the meantime. I think there actually might be less bump things if more people did.

just my thoughts on this.

eriksmoen

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i guess i agree... i'll post a "help" and maybe they'll run across it again sometime...

try:

if(isset($_POST["submit"])){
   echo "works";
}
else {
   echo "doesn't work";
}

if your checking to see if the user has submitted some information, you may want to put a name="submit" method inside your submit button. eg:

hope that helps... when you come back :p

grizclient

I'm sorry. I had to go out for a bit. Submit is in a form thats in the else part.

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input class="noborder" type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">

stolzyboy

you need to do it like eriksmoen said

if(isset($_POST["submit"])){
   echo "works";
}
else {
   echo "doesn't work";
}

that assures that the submit button has been pressed, if not it will do the else

grizclient

I tried isset(). It doesn't work. This script worked consistently once. Then it broke without any change being made to it or the server. 🙁

stolzyboy

are you sure there were no changes to the server, try changing the action from php self to whatver the file is called, action="file.php" //same as the page you are on obviously

grizclient

I've tried it to no avail. $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] works as expected in view source anyway. I'm attaching the file in case anyone cares to take a look.

stolzyboy

i just noticed you have your action as action="submit.htm", do you have apache setup to parse .htm as a .php, just a simple question so don't bite my head off, cuz i am not seeing anything else wrong with your code

grizclient

Yea IIS is configured to parse .htm as a PHP file.

grizclient

Hm I should note that the script works fine locally on a Win98SE box on an Apache server 1.3.27 with PHP 4.3.0 (as opposed to .NET server, IIS 6, PHP 4.2.3). Maybe someone has experience in dealing with Microsoft's wares?

stolzyboy

well there is your problem you are going from a good server (apache) to a crap server (iis), anyway is there any way you can get apache on the remote server

grizclient

I wish. The friend who runs the server is a bit of a MS whore. It took many an argument to convince him to use PHP instead of ASP and mySQL instead of Access/ODBC. Supposedly IIS is integrated into the OS (.NET) making it more effecient or something of that sort, which is IMO completely irrelevant for the amount of traffic the site receives and the resources the server has. Anyway thanks for all the help. I guess this is a lost cause.

eriksmoen

it's never a lost cause :p we need to figure this out!

maybe instead of $POST['submit'], try another variable, such as $POST['headline']. I have a hunch that the submit button function on the form doesn't pass itself... or something... i'm still drunk/hungover... so i don't know if what i'm saying makes sense. But try using other variables until it works!

hope it helps. peace out.

xblue

you could try print_r($_POST) as well to see if something is in there at all.

grizclient

Your suggestion worked eriksmoen. Using any other variable works. Weird. Thanks for all the help. 🙂

grizclient

The results of print_r($_POST): Array ( [headline] => test [subHeadline] => test [author] => test [keywords] => test [issue] => 2 [date] => 2003-02-22 [body] => test )

In a working form, I'm guessing something like [submit] => Submit should show up.