Var problem in Windows, but Linux OK

[jackiw]

I've installed apache, php and mysql for windows and to test if the php is the same in Linux/Win I was doing the following basic script:

if($ac == '1') {
print "You've chosen the option #1";
}

if($ac == '2') {
print "You've chosen the option #2";
}

And I'm calling the url like http://localhost/2.php?ac=1.

I guess it's not the same because I'm getting this anoying error:
Notice: Undefined variable: ac in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\2.php on line 3

Does anyone have an idea on how the above script should be written to work on Windows?

[SpanKie]

Try:

if($_GET['ac'] == 1) { 
print "You've chosen the option #1"; 
} 

if($_GET['ac'] == 2) { 
print "You've chosen the option #2"; 
}

[jackiw]

If I do that, I still getting more errors than before...

I have no idea why the windows version of PHP isn't actually the same as the Linux version...

Notice: Use of undefined constant ac - assumed 'ac' in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\2.php on line 3

Notice: Undefined index: ac in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\2.php on line 3

Notice: Use of undefined constant ac - assumed 'ac' in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\2.php on line 7

Notice: Undefined index: ac in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\2.php on line 7

[SpanKie]

I basically have the same setup as you ... and the code works fine for me.

Are you including the '' around ac in the if statements?

[kwylez]

Try using this. I had a similar problem and this fixed it. $_REQUEST['ac']

[laserlight]

Undefined index means that your query string doesnt have ac=something
Undefined constant means that you didnt enclose the associative index in quotes, i.e. you treated it as a constant rather than as a string.
Changing to use $_REQUEST wont help, in this case, assuming you do indeed want to use incoming variables from the query string.

Rather you could use something along the lines of:

if (isset($_GET['ac'])) {
	if ($_GET['ac'] == '1') {
		print "You've chosen the option #1";
	}
	elseif ($_GET['ac'] == '2') {
		print "You've chosen the option #2";
	}
	else {
		print "You've chosen an invalid option";
	}
}
else {
	print "No option has been chosen";
}

you might also use ![man]empty/man instead of [man]isset/man