POST variables are lost

[ulimue]

Hi

One of the most basic tasks - and I can't get it running on my new preconfigured server: I can't read the post-vars passed from a form.

$_POST[fieldname] is never set.
When I change the script/form to use the GET-method, it works without any problems.

I suspect the problem depends on a configuration issue, but I can't figure out which or where (running PHP 4.3.2 as a CGI under Apache 1.3.19 and Suse 7.2).

Here the code (just to show that this is not the problem):

<?
echo $_POST["testval"];
?>
<form action="checkpost.php" method="post" name="form1">
<input type="text" name="testval" value="test" />
<button type="submit"></button>
</form>

Any ideas??

Uli

[tsinka]

Please post your php.ini (renamed to php.txt).

Thomas

[TTT]

php.ini => register_globals = ON

[tsinka]

There are some other configuration settings I want to check.

Thomas

[feldon23]

$_POST['testval'] does not require globals.

[ulimue]

Thomas
here is my php.ini (as php_ini.txt)
Uli

[tsinka]

The php.ini looks ok (you won't get any post variables if the P is missing in gpc_order or variables_order, bit in you case it exists).

What do you get if you do a

print_r($_POST);

Thomas

[batman]

I'm assuming that this is one page:

<form action="checkpost.php" method="post" name="form1"> 
<input type="text" name="testval" value="test" /> 
<button type="submit"></button> 
</form>

And that this is checkpost.php:

<? 
echo $_POST["testval"]; 
?>

Am I right??

[ulimue]

Thomas:
print_r($_POST) prints Array()

batman: no, it's all one file (checkpost.php) - the form and the script. checkpost.php is just a test. I can't read the variables even if I post against another script.

Perhaps some more info concerning my server. It's hosted by 1&1. Confixx is installed but de-activated.
I have compiled PHP 4.3.2 as CGI with the following options:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --libdir=/usr/lib --with-exec-dir=%{libdir}/php/bin --with-pgsql --with-mysql --with-tiff-dir=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-zlib=yes --enable-track-vars --enable-magic-quotes --enable-safe-mode --enable-sockets --enable-dbase --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd --with-regex=system --enable-shared --with-gd --enable-native-gd-ttf --with-ttf=/usr

Uli

[batman]

Try something like this:

<?
if($submit)
{
$var = $_POST["testval"];
} 
echo "$var";
?> 
<form action="<? $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post" name="form1"> 
<input type="text" name="testval" value="test" /> 
<button type="submit" name="submit"></button> 
</form>

See if that helps,

[ulimue]

What do you think is the trick:

1) $PHP_SELF? This works, but doesn't solve my problem.

2) $submit does not work, since auto_globals are turned off (even with $_POST['submit'] it doesn't get any better)

Uli

[tsinka]

Please post the httpd.conf

There might be one or more directives that prevent the posting of data to a page.

Thomas

[ulimue]

I don't feel well posting my httpd.conf to a public list. Can you tell which directives could be the cause? Or can I send it to a private account?
Sorry for getting a little complicated...
Uli