Register Globals

I understand why Register Globals should be switched off.

It is switched off, how can you pass values to a PHP page:

me.php?name=Joe

me.php?name=Joe

Any advice?

That is the whole point of register_globals being off.

In that case you would use $_GET['name']

$_REQUEST['name']

So how would one pass variables to and from different pages?

Look at the address line of PHPBuilder and you can see that variables are being passed. Does that suggest they have register globals switched on?

Didnt teamshadow answer your question?

Looking at the query string does not give me any indication of whether register globals is on or off.

PHP.ini file indicates register globals as being switched off.

I have tried using $GET['name'] and $GET["name"] and I cannot pick up the variable 'name' when passed:

me.php?name=Joe

I have restarted Apache after making the change.

Any advice?

What version of PHP are you using?
Prior to PHP4.1.0 (I think), you should use $HTTP_GET_VARS

I am running 4.3.2.2.

If you switch of register globals what is the correct scheme for passing variables between PHP pages?

Any advice out there?

In PHP4.3.x, regardless of the register_globals setting, the $_GET array should contain the required variables.

Well, perhaps you run a simple test, e.g.

<?php
if (!empty($_GET['name'])) {
	echo $_GET['name'];
}
else {
	echo '<a href="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?name=hello">Click</a>';
}
?>

Just copy the code, upload the page, naming it as you wish.
Go to the page and check.

you access stuff through forms like this:

#Through get method

$name = $HTTP_GET_VARS['name']

echo("Thank you $name");

#this should print "Thank you Andy, for example"

In order to help you take a look at this page

It will explain what you need to know

HTH