[Resolved] Echo not working under apache2 and/or RH 9

[tsmori]

At least that's what I've narrowed it down to.. here's the problem:

I'm creating a form that will populate some fields from variables taken from the URL.

So.. for example, the form might have a tag like this (using [ ] so the board doesn't interpret)

[input name="name" size="18" type="text" value="[?php echo $name;]"]

and the URL for the form might be like:

www.somewebsite.com/form.php?name=Jim

So, theoretically, the Journal field is prepopulated. This is all pulled right from intro PHP documentation.

Except that when I try this on Server A it works, but it doesn't on server B or on Server C. The common aspects of Servers B and C that differ from Server A is that Servers B and C run Apache2 and Server A runs Apache 1.3.6. Also, Servers B and C run different versions of PHP under Linux and Server A is Solaris.

What bugs me is this is a very basic command in PHP and I don't understand why it won't work on the other servers.

[pyfsapple]

This is probably caused by the setting of php.ini

If there is a line like:
register_globals = Off

Then your code will not work if you have not get the variable by
$_GET["name"];

Two ways to fix:

1. Use those like $GET, $POST, etc.
2. Change php setting to "register_globals = On"

[tsmori]

Thanks!

Yep, register globals is set to off on the other two servers. I think I remember specifying that now when I built PHP possibly due to some security concern.