Having issues with PHP and OS X Panther.

mabans

I've used scripts similar to this

<?php

if (!IsSet($display))

{ //start of if

// If nothing is selected you should see a blank page //

echo"
<html>
<head>
<title>Dina Art Company</title>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1>
</head>

<body text=#333333 leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 link=#666600 vlink=#660000 alink=#660000 bgcolor=#CCCC99>
Testing 1 2 1 2 <br>
</body>
</html>
";

// If nothing is selected you should see a blank page //



} //end of if


elseif ($display==1)
        {
echo"   

<html>
<head>
<title>Dina Art Company</title>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1>
</head>

<body text=#333333 leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 link=#666600 vlink=#660000 alink=#660000 bgcolor=#CCCC99>
This is for posters 
</body>
</html>
";
        }

?>

It's a fairly simple code for a side menu I'm using within Frames. But for some reason now, and it seems to stem from the new version of PHP, this kind of coding does not work.

I was told via Mac OSX forums the following:

Look in the PHP documentation under REGISTER_GLOBALS, or for global variables. Probably the new version of PHP has register_globals turned off, meaning you have to access the variables as if they were arrays, ie: $SESSION[variableName], $POST[], $_GET[], etc. This is more a security issue than a memory issue. the variable is still stored, it just means people can't type something into the address bar, and have your script thing it's a session or post variable, etc.

Seems pretty simple but this kinda thing isn't registering with me for some reason. Can someone give me a practical example how this is different. Or if this is wrong all together..

AstroTeg

What part of this code does not work?

Does $display ever get set? Do you have some reference to $GET[] or $POST? If not, that may be part of your problem.

mabans

ok here is how it is setup.

I have 3 frames. top has the "main menu", underneath it has the left is a "sub menu" and the right the main content display.

Now as you see in the if stays blank initially but in the "main menu" it shoots over the info to the "sub-menu"within that frame, which properly labeled. The link is like "side.php?display=1" But when it comes blank all the same. not blank but witht the test "Testing 1 2 1 2" test as to "this is for posters" the way it's supposed to.

I tried that same coding here on an older server

http://www.dbmag.com/tester/

and it works but on my local machine it doesn't. So I inquired abut it and I heard it was because of the new version of PHP.

Weedpacket

Well, basically, the problem is this line:

if (!IsSet($display))

In newer versions of PHP (since 4.2), $display won't yet have a value (for security reasons that behaviour was turned off).

Instead, you get at the values of variables passed to the script in the querystring by looking in the $GET[] array. Ditto for forms that use the GET method, while forms that use the POST method use $POST.

Since you want the 'display' variable, you want to look at $GET['display']. I.e.,

if (!IsSet($_GET['display']))

and ditto for other occurrences of the variable.

mabans

So would the new and Improved version look like this:


<?php 

if (!IsSet($_GET['display']))

{ //start of if 

// If nothing is selected you should see a blank page // 

echo" 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Dina Art Company</title> 
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1> 
</head> 

<body text=#333333 leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 link=#666600 vlink=#660000 alink=#660000 bgcolor=#CCCC99> 
Testing 1 2 1 2 <br> 
</body> 
</html> 
"; 

// If nothing is selected you should see a blank page // 



} //end of if 


elseif ($_GET['display']==1)
        { 
echo"    

<html> 
<head> 
<title>Dina Art Company</title> 
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=iso-8859-1> 
</head> 

<body text=#333333 leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 link=#666600 vlink=#660000 alink=#660000 bgcolor=#CCCC99> 
This is for posters 
</body> 
</html> 
"; 
        } 

?>

Weedpacket

Originally posted by mabans
So would the new and Improved version look like this:

Yep, that's the one.

mabans

Thanks ever so much. Now to learn more new techniques..