problem passing vars with win2K/apache php

[nozom]

i have set up php on apache under windows 2K and am having problems in that when i am passing a variable from one page to another, be it in a form or in a link (index.php?thevar=help) it's not working, yet on my webserver (on the web) this all works great.

I am assuming that it's the way my code has been written that is causing the problem because phpmyadmin works spot on. is there a way i can solve this without having to re-write most of my code??

Thanks,
Hugh

[tsinka]

Hi,

seems like register_globals is set to off in your php.ini. The easiest way without rewriting the complete code would be to set register_gobals to On in php.ini and to restart apache afterwards.

If you want to rewrite your code you need to use $POST['variable'] for posted variables and $GET['variable'] for get variables instead of $variable.

[nozom]

sweet, cheers ;-)

sounds spot on, i try to write my code with the $_POST etc these days but my older stuff was rather badly written and a bit lazy ;-)

cheers,
hugh

[nozom]

I have switched REGISTER GLOBALS to On yet it still won't let me passvars without using the $_REQUEST function.

any ideas anyone??

[tsinka]

Hi,

can you post the code ?

[nozom]

code works cool on unix box so its not a code prob in terms of errors, its also not giving me any errors example:

i'm passing a $startnum value in a link

if (empty($startnum))
{

[nozom]

code works cool on unix box so its not a code prob in terms of errors, its also not giving me any errors example:

i'm passing a $startnum value in a link

if (empty($startnum))
{
$startnum=0;
}
$sql=mysl_query("select * from news ORDER by Date LIMIT $startnum,9");

this statement works but when i pass $startnum with a link
<a href="news.php?startnum=10">click</a>
it doesn't work, with or without reg globals on or off.
i have restarted apache and rebooted my machine yet still no good.

Cheers,
Hugh

[tsinka]

Hi,

I read some posts about problems with the empty function. try

if (!isset($startnum)) 
{ 
$startnum=0; 
} 
$sql=mysl_query("select * from news ORDER by Date LIMIT $startnum,9"); 

instead or

if (!isset($_GET['startnum'])) 
{ 
$startnum=0; 
} 
$sql=mysl_query("select * from news ORDER by Date LIMIT $startnum,9"); 

if register_globals is set to off.

Hope this helps you 🙂

[tsinka]

Or better:

if (!isset($startnum)) { 
    $startnum=0; 
} else if (strlen(trim($startnum))==0) {
    $startnum=0;
} else {
    $sql=mysl_query("select * from news ORDER by Date LIMIT $startnum,9");

[nozom]

the empty function aint the problem, it's a select statement

basically anything i'm passing that isn't hard coded, won't work. any other ideas??
unless of course i code everything correctly ;-) which it looks like i'm gonna have to ;-(

cheers,
Hugh