help with $_POST please

[codeslanger]

I'm having trouble with a script that is processing a form. The form is using the 'POST' method, and I'm trying to process it like this:

if(isset($POST['submit'])) {
while(list($key,$val) = each($GET)) {
$$key = $val;
$key = trim($key);
$key = stripslashes($key);
$key = strip_tags($key);
}

But when the form is submited it just freezes IE.

Any ideas???

Thanks!

[Mordecai]

Well, it shouldn't freeze IE, as it's server-side. I have noticed two (or one, possibly) errors: firstly, you are using $_GET in that short script. Secondly, you are missing a }.

[codeslanger]

doh... I changed the '$GET' to a '$POST' and the closing '}' was further down in the code, but it still doesn't work. Here is the rest of the code:

if(isset($POST['submit'])) {
while(list($key,$val) = each($POST)) {
$$key = $val;
$key = trim($key);
$key = stripslashes($key);
$key = strip_tags($key);
}
$subject = "Job: " . $POST['position'];
$confirmationMessage = "message";
$SESSION['filePath'] = "url_01";
@mail('[e-mail]', $subject, $confirmationMessage);
}
else{
$_SESSION['filePath'] = "url_02";
}

The reason I believe it is freezing IE is because an animated gif on the page stops after clicking the submit button. I'm not sure if it matters or not, but "globals" are disabled.

Thanks

[press711]

Ok i am a bit too tired to look at the code, but try viewing it a different "decent" browser like Mozilla or Netscape .

If the other browser dosent hang try outputting a few variables and testing it.
If the other browser also hangs then either somewhere your code is going in an endless look can be even client side javascript or if you have any flash files they might be doing something very memory intensive. Another good idea will be to try the sam on a very basic page without any designs and animation etc. Debug, Debug and Debug. If you are still having problems search google.com and then debug debug debug.

Will try to come back tommorow to check things out.

[andrin]

If you delete the @ infront of the mail function. Will PHP tell you something? Maybe you are sitting on a Windows machine and has not configured mail properly? Start by comment your code from the bottom, one line at the time untill it doesn´t freeze the UA. When it runs smooth then you know what line to begin examine.

/Andrin

[codeslanger]

I commented out the emailing line of code and it did work as expected, thanks!!! Now I've got to figure out why my mail is not working. I just recently switched to a new host and I'm trying to port my site over.... but I never expected so many little problems. Could anybody suggest some common reasons why mail wouldn't be working? I'm on an linux/apache server not windows, and the code worked fine on my last apache server.

Thanks again!

[andrin]

The first thing that popes my head is that they don´t allow emails from PHP. They have not installed it or they have comment something in php.ini out...

/Andrin