pass variable in http string with register_global off

emubilover

Originally I have register_global=On, and the program will pass varibles over on the http location string when user clicks on a link like the one below

This action will prompt the program to add item one to their shopping list.

Now I have register_global=Off as recommanded, and above link does not work any more. I am wondering if anyone knows a workaround for this.

Thanks a million!!

dbchip2000

You have the link referring to an HTML file not a PHP file. HTML files will not get executed (under normal setups) so that is likely where you should check. In a PHP file, to refer to a variable in a query string you get it by $GET["item"] and $GET["action"] with Register Globals = Off

scoppc

Take a look at these:

$POST, $GET, $COOKIE, $FILES, $_REQUEST

dalecosp

Originally posted by dbchip2000
You have the link referring to an HTML file not a PHP file. HTML files will not get executed (under normal setups) so that is likely where you should check. In a PHP file, to refer to a variable in a query string you get it by $GET["item"] and $GET["action"] with Register Globals = Off

Good advice, except for your first observation. It is rather trivial, though a bit computationally expensive, to tell Apache (as an example) to parse files ending with the '.html' extension as PHP; in fact, some, perhaps many, sites do this as a form of "security by obscurity..." Of course, I guess you did qualify that .... 🙂

emubilover, I'd suggest reading the 'Newbies' forum FAQ & Bookmarked Threads' thread here at phpbuilder.com. You just asked FAQ #1..... 😉

emubilover

oh yeah. slapping myself right now. As soon as I saw the word $_GET I was saying to myself.... uh duh.... how can i forget such obvious thing....

Thanks a lot guys.