problem with testing php scripts

kjell

I am having trouble testing my php scripts on my computer.

The current script that I am using will work on my server, but when I try to test it on my computer it won't work properly.

I am guessing that there maybe things I need to configure in IIS or my PHP interpreter.

Here is the url of the page where the script is working on my server.

www.internetpipelinesuk.com/3nodb

and here are the error messages I get when I try to run the same page locally on my computer.

Notice: Undefined variable: field1 in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\garry php 2\header.php on line 28

Notice: Undefined variable: field2 in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\garry php 2\header.php on line 29

Notice: Undefined variable: field3 in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\garry php 2\header.php on line 30

Then the rest of the text for that page is displyed as usual, but when you type in a search it comes up with nothing even if you type in something which exists in the text files.

Although I'm pretty certain the script is ok I have also included the code for the script mentioned in the error message:

<?php

$password="admin";
$owner="gary@internetpipelinesuk.com";

$font="verdana";
$fsize="2";
$fcolor="000000";
$bgcolor="ffffff";
$link="red";
$vlink="red";
$alink="blue";
$title="Cogent Paradigm's Simply Business On-Line Catalogue";

$tablestuff="border=0 bgcolor=000000 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=1 width=300";
$tdstuff="bgcolor=ffffff width=150";

$Field1name="Product Code";
$Field2name="Product Name";
$Field3name="Product Price";

$date=date("jS F Y");
$allowhtml="no";

if ($allowhtml == "no") {

{

$field1=eregi_replace("<[^>]>"," ",$field1);
$field2=eregi_replace("<[^>]>"," ",$field2);
$field3=eregi_replace("<[^>]*>"," ",$field3);
}

}
?>

<html>

<?php

echo "\n<Title>$title</title>\n<body bgcolor=$bgcolor link=$link vlink=$vlink alink=$alink>";

<?php
echo "<font face=$font color=$fcolor size=$fsize>$title";
?>

<BR><BR>
<table>
<td width=100%><font face =<?php echo "$font $fcolor"; ?> size=<?php echo "$fsize"; ?>>
<a href="admin.php">Administration</a>
<a href="search.php">Search Records</a>
<a href="all.php">Display All Records</a>
<a href="today.php">Todays Entries</a>
<a href="../3nodb/index.php">Home Page</a>
</td>
</table>
</html>

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kjell

nemonoman

On your computer create as script <? echo phpinfo(); ?>
upload the same script to your server.

compare output. search on register globals

My guess is that on your computer registerglobals is off.
server likely has this set to on.

If you want these to work the same, you'll need to set your computer's register globals to on.

On the phpinfo from your computer, find the location of php.ini. Find that file and change the setting for register globals.

BTW, many many people think that setting register globals on is a bad idea.

coditoergosum

I would say the reason why you get the notices on your computer but not on your host is because your host probably has error reporting set to not report notices. This is a good thing in a production envirnment, but you probably want it on in a development environment.

The reason why you get the notices on your computer is probably because register_globals is off, like nemonoman said. But, I would bet your host has this off as well. I have yet to find a host that turns on register_globals... because it opens up security vulnerabilities.

If you were to turn it on on your computer you'd get rid of the notices (or if you set error reporting to not report notices), but that's not the best solution. You need to fix your script.

Read this (specifically that part about $GET and $POST): http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php