register_globals On breaks application

[scottPadgett]

Hi folks,

I have a problem here in that a simple contact form submission tool that I developed on a test server with register_globals OFF won't work on a server that has register_globals ON. The problem is that none of the variables are getting passed for processing when sent through POST method.

I am confused as to why it won't work on a server with register_globals turned On. I thought that register_globals simply added the shortcut utility but wouldn't effect any statements that still tried to access the POST array variables directly (ie $name = $POST['name']; )

Can anyone tell me if it should be the case that simply turning register_globals ON would cause an application to stop working?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[devinemke]

post some example code

[scottPadgett]

So this is the contact page that includes the actual form and other pages to handle the case where a few required fields aren't filled in, or the email is sent successfully etc. But something is happening before any includes are even called. The "$submit" variable is sent from the included form, when it calls this page on submission, but it's never making it to the "if (!isset($submit))" conditional. "Submit not set" is echoed by the script every time.

<?php



// variable conversions to shorts
if ($_POST['submit']) { $submit = $_POST['submit']; }
if ($_POST['title']) { $title = $_POST['title']; }
if ($_POST['first']) { $first = $_POST['first']; }
if ($_POST['last']) { $last = $_POST['last']; }
if ($_POST['currstreet1']) { $currstreet1 = $_POST['currstreet1']; }
if ($_POST['currstreet2']) { $currstreet2 = $_POST['currstreet2']; }
if ($_POST['currcityetc']) { $currcityetc = $_POST['currcityetc']; }
if ($_POST['sitestreet1']) { $sitestreet1 = $_POST['sitestreet1']; }
if ($_POST['sitestreet2']) { $sitestreet2 = $_POST['sitestreet2']; }
if ($_POST['sitecityetc']) { $sitecityetc = $_POST['sitecityetc']; }
if ($_POST['home1']) { $home1 = $_POST['home1']; }
if ($_POST['home2']) { $home2 = $_POST['home2']; }
if ($_POST['home3']) { $home3 = $_POST['home3']; }
if ($_POST['work1']) { $work1 = $_POST['work1']; }
if ($_POST['work2']) { $work2 = $_POST['work2']; }
if ($_POST['work3']) { $work3 = $_POST['work3']; }
if ($_POST['mobile1']) { $mobile1 = $_POST['mobile1']; }
if ($_POST['mobile2']) { $mobile2 = $_POST['mobile2']; }
if ($_POST['mobile3']) { $mobile3 = $_POST['mobile3']; }
if ($_POST['email']) { $email = $_POST['email']; }
if ($_POST['message']) { $message = $_POST['message']; }
if ($_POST['interest']) { $interest = $_POST['interest']; }
if ($_POST['land']) { $land = $_POST['land']; }
if ($_POST['timeframe']) { $timeframe = $_POST['timeframe']; }
if ($_POST['sunbudget']) { $sunbudget = $_POST['sunbudget']; }
if ($_POST['addbudget']) { $addbudget = $_POST['addbudget']; }
if ($_POST['homebudget']) { $homebudget = $_POST['homebudget']; }
if ($_POST['info1']) { $info1 = $_POST['info1']; }
if ($_POST['info2']) { $info2 = $_POST['info2']; }
if ($_POST['info3']) { $info3 = $_POST['info3']; }
if ($_POST['info4']) { $info4 = $_POST['info4']; }
if ($_POST['info5']) { $info5 = $_POST['info5']; }
if ($_POST['info6']) { $info6 = $_POST['info6']; }
if ($_POST['info7']) { $info7 = $_POST['info7']; }
if ($_POST['discuss']) { $discuss = $_POST['discuss']; }
if ($_POST['contact']) { $contact = $_POST['contact']; }



if (!isset($title) || !isset($first) || !isset($last))
	{
	$incomplete = true;
	}

if (!isset($email))
	{
	$incomplete = true;
	}	


if (!isset($message) && (!isset($interest) && ((!isset($info1) || !isset($info2) || !isset($info3) || !isset($info4) || !isset($info5) || !isset($info6) || !isset($info7)) && !isset($discuss))))
	{
	$incomplete = true;
	}



if (!isset($submit))
	{
	echo "submit not set";

include('./contactForm.inc');	

}

else if ($incomplete)
	{	

include('./contactForm.inc');	

}

else

{

include('./sendContactEmail.inc');	



if ($emailReport == good)
	{

	include('./contactThanks.inc');	

	}
else
	{

	include('./contactForm.inc');		

	}		

}	

?>