Passing Varriables on local install

[asa_carter]

Hi,

I've recently installed php locally and i've just noticed that if I try to pass a variable in the query string, I cannot echo it out on the next page.

For example,

page1.php:

<a href="page2.php?text=hello">Page 2</a>

page2.php:

<? echo $text; ?>

Does not print any output to the screen.

Does anybody whats wrong? Is it something the php.ini file that may be causing it?

Thanks,

Asa

[theeper]

That is because GET/POST variables are not set in the global scope by default in PHP in newer installs. It was changed starting on version 4 I think.

You need to access the variable like this

echo $_GET['text'];

or if it came from a POST form ...

echo $_POST['text'];

You can turn register_globals on in php.ini and have the variables registered automatically, but it isn't a good idea.