variables not working

Skull

i've no idea what's happened but for some reason my site has suddenly stopped working on pages like page.php?open=new

when that happens it'll just not do anything, my if statement looks something like this

if($_REQUEST['open'] == "new")
{
   // Do The New Thing
}else
{
  echo "Not Working";
}

could anyone give me any insight on what the problem is cause its really buggerin up most of my site
😕

sid

check http://us4.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.request - maybe a change in the register globals settings? or did the php version get downgraded?

Skull

i checked the php.ini file and register_globals and superglobals are both on, and the php version is 4 and has always been that

ClevaTreva

Is the open trying to open a file with the name of type:

http://www.yourname.com/thisfile.php

/home/username/public_html/thisfile.php

/thisfile.php

I suspect the first type. If you are refering to this type, then either the firewall on your server, or the server on which the file sits, has been upgraded to prevent trojans from getting in.

I had this problem a year ago with my host. Whatever, if the file really is local, you can use the document root variable to find your own server root, e.g.

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

Otherwise you may be stuck if what I suspect has happened has indeed happened. You will find that any decent admin will be making similar changes to their servers too.

Trevor

Skull

its not actually opening anything, that was just an example, it could be anything like that e.g..

page.php?smile=yes
page.php?number=1
page.php?id=45

e.t.c..

weekender

try changing your code to

if($_GET['open'] == "new")
   {
      // Do The New Thing
   }
else
   {
     echo "Not Working";
   }

SuperCam

If you are posting the info via the url or a form, use $_GET['varname'];

laserlight

perhaps one could test with this:

<?php
if (!empty($_GET['open'])) {
	echo '$_GET works: ' . $_GET['open'];
}
elseif (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['open'])) {
	echo '$HTTP_GET_VARS works: ' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['open'];
}
else {
	echo 'Both do not work';
}
?>

Skull

thx for the reply's, and laserlight i get Both Do Not Work

Skull

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