problem with forms

[Revil]

<?php

if (isset($form_approval)) {

$sql_upd = "update comments set approval = '$form_approval' where name = '$form_name' and email = '$form_email' and comment = '$form_comment'";
$sql_result_upd = mysql_query($sql_upd, $connection);

}

$sql_sel = "select * from comments where approval='tba'";
$sql_result_sel = mysql_query($sql_sel, $connection);

echo "
<table width=75% align=center valign=top>
";

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result_sel)) {
$name = $row["name"];
$email = $row["email"];
$comment = $row["comments"];
$approval = $row["approval"];

echo "

<form action=".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']." method=post>
<tr>
<td>
<b>By ".$name."</b>
<input type=hidden name=form_name value=".$name.">
</td>
<td align=right>
<b>Email: ".$email."</b>
<input type=hidden name=form_email value=".$email.">
</td>
<td colspan=2 valign=top>
&nbsp; &nbsp; ".$aprroval." change to
<select name=form_approval>
<option label=TBA value=tba selected></option>
<option label=Yes value=Yes></option>
<option label=No value=no></option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=3 valign=top>
&nbsp; &nbsp; ".$comment."
<input type=hidden name=form_comment value=".$comment.">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=3 valign=top>
<input type=submit name=Change value=Change>
</td>
</tr>
</form>
";
}

echo "
</table>
";
?>

This code isn't working because every time I click change to finish the change it takes wont add any of the variables in the http.

[stolzyboy]

This code isn't working because every time I click change to finish the change it takes wont add any of the variables in the http.

what does that mean, add in the http

and tell me one thing, is register_globals On or Off

you can run a

<?
phpinfo();
?>

page to check that

[Revil]

let me explain is some of my cod ebefore I add <?=HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']?>
I think the problem is is that whenI did that I didn't have to use echo be in my cod eabove I do.
What <?=HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']?> does is say for instance I have <input type="text" name="name" value="revil"> then in the url it will write somethin like index.php?name=revil when I submit the form.

And it worked on my other code but now this one.

[stolzyboy]

if you want the information to go into the address bar, just do method="get", not method="post" and everthing will be posted in the addy bar, then just post the form to itself with action="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"

[Revil]

Sorry I noticed that responce might not be clear, plus I am not sure if global register is on probably is if this worked before.

say my url is www.hi.com/index.php
its supposed to add all the variables from the form in the url. so my url will be
www.hi.com/inde.php?name=revil

[Revil]

<table width="75%" align="center" valign="top">
<tr>
<td>
<form action="<?=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']?>" medthod="post">
<input type="hidden" name="dir" value="home">
<input type="hidden" name="page" value="newsarchive.html">
Month: <select name="month">
<option label="Select" value=""></option>
<option label="January" value="January"></option>

<option label="Febuary" value="Febuary"></option>
<option label="March" value="March"></option>
<option label="April" value="April"></option>
<option label="May" value="May"></option>
<option label="June" value="June"></option>
<option label="July" value="July"></option>
<option label="August" value="August"></option>
<option label="September" value="September"></option>
<option label="October" value="October"></option>
<option label="November" value="November"></option>
<option label="December" value="December"></option>
</select>
Year: <input type="text" name="year" size="4" maxlength="4">
<input type="submit" name="Go" value="Go">
</form><br><br>
</td>
</tr>

<?php

if (!isset($month) && !isset($year)) {
$month = date("F");
$year = date("Y");
}

$sql_sel = "select * from news where news_month='$month' and news_year='$year' order by news_day desc";
$sql_result_sel = mysql_query($sql_sel, $connection);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result_sel)) {
$news_title = $row["news_title"];
$news_editor = $row["news_editor"];
$news_data = $row["news_data"];
$news_month = $row["news_month"];
$news_day = $row["news_day"];
$news_year = $row["news_year"];

echo "
 <tr>
   <td>
     <b>".$news_title."</b>
   </td>
   <td align=right>
     <b>By ".$news_editor."</b>
   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
    <td colspan=2 valign=top>
      &nbsp; &nbsp; ".$news_data."
    </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td colspan=2 align=right><b>".$news_month." ".$news_day.", ".$news_year."</b><br><hr width=5% align=center></td>
 </tr>
     ";

}

echo "
</table>
";
?>

The code above works it displays the varibals in the url bar.

<?php

if (isset($form_approval)) {

$sql_upd = "update comments set approval = '$form_approval' where name = '$form_name' and email = '$form_email' and comment = '$form_comment'";
$sql_result_upd = mysql_query($sql_upd, $connection);

}

$sql_sel = "select * from comments where approval='tba'";
$sql_result_sel = mysql_query($sql_sel, $connection);

echo "
<table width=75% align=center valign=top>
";

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result_sel)) {
$name = $row["name"];
$email = $row["email"];
$comment = $row["comments"];
$approval = $row["approval"];

echo "

<form action=".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']." method=get>
<tr>
<td>
<b>By ".$name."</b>
<input type=hidden name=form_name value=".$name.">
</td>
<td align=right>
<b>Email: ".$email."</b>
<input type=hidden name=form_email value=".$email.">
</td>
<td colspan=2 valign=top>
&nbsp; &nbsp; ".$aprroval." change to
<select name=form_approval>
<option label=TBA value=tba selected></option>
<option label=Yes value=Yes></option>
<option label=No value=no></option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=3 valign=top>
&nbsp; &nbsp; ".$comment."
<input type=hidden name=form_comment value=".$comment.">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=3 valign=top>
<input type=submit name=Change value=Change>
</td>
</tr>
</form>
";
}

echo "
</table>
";
?>

this code doesn't display the varibaales in the url.