$_get

danielson2k

I am currently having problems with the use of $GET on my server. I have developed my code on my PC at home which allows the use of both $GET and $HTTP_GET_VARS. Throughout my code, I have been using $_GET to pass variables. Unfortunately, my host server only allows the use of $HTTP_GET_VARS.

I have no access to php.ini on the server so rather than change all my code, I wish to use the ini_set() in the head of all my pages.

My problem is, which ini setting do I need to adjust to allow the use of $_GET?

xblue

if $_GET isn't supported, this is probably due to the php version (<4.1), so you cannot change it via ini_set().

I'd either do a search and replace across your files, or maybe ask the host if they could update their php version.

danielson2k

Originally posted by xblue
if $_GET isn't supported, this is probably due to the php version (<4.1), so you cannot change it via ini_set().

I'd either do a search and replace across your files, or maybe ask the host if they could update their php version.

Im using "PHP 4". Which version of PHP4 I cant be sure of because I cant even run phpinfo() :rolleyes:

I really wouldnt recommend coolfreepages as a host, even if your pennyless like me.

Thanks for the help anyway 🙂

Duke_Henry

Couldn't you just write up a quick php page that consists of only:

<?php phpinfo() ?>

save it as blah.php

and then just access blah.php?

It should display your current php configuration...

danielson2k

Originally posted by Duke Henry
Couldn't you just write up a quick php page that consists of only:

<?php phpinfo() ?>

save it as blah.php

and then just access blah.php?

It should display your current php configuration...

Yeah, I did this, but got an error :mad:

The server being as bad as it is, I gave up after that 😃

WinterDragon

Don't give up!! Forget $_GET!!

Go with post for submiting forms, but lets say you want to use the QUERY_STRING up in the top

So lets say "index.php?blah=something%SomeSpace%More&this=that%with%this"

Now I did this... (I like parsing query string)

<?php
$query = $QUERY_STRING;
$query_Array = explode("&", $query);
foreach ($query_Array as $i) {
$doubleItem = explode("=", $i);
$$doubleItem[0] = str_replace("%20", " ", $doubleItem[1]);
}
?>
<a href="test.php?variable=Blah Blah Blah">Test</a><br>
<?php
if($variable) {
echo $variable;
}
?>

its in this form: index.php?variable=value%20space

The variable name is before the equal sign, the value is after, and you can have spaces as well, It will parse those. and if you want to include more then one variable...
index.php?variable=value&variable2=value2%20spaces