[RESOLVED] Forms not posting data

darylr

Hi guys,

I have a problem with one of my servers.. the forms dont post the data in a normal form..

One server it works fine, the other it doesnt.. eg. Try these forms (ignore the content, and it wont get sent anywhere).. on the first one it will post and display your details after you submit the form, but on the second hosting it doesnt 🙁

http://www.reavirtual.com/test.php

http://www.irishwestflyingclub.com/test.php

Both are the exact same PHP files, and both hosting is Linux. The second one's control interface is Plesk however..

Can anyone help?

Daryl

Houdini

What is the PHP version on these sites? Also post the code that works on one but not the other, it is probably the PHP version, and how they are configured.

bradgrafelman

Probably a case where you're using $name instead of $_GET['name'].

Houdini

Well unlees we can see the test2.php which is the action of the form we won't really know will we. That is why the query about version of PHP and also configuration, or is that completely wrong?

bradgrafelman

No no, of course not. I was just giving the most likely error.

Also, the form tag itself doesn't specify a METHOD to send the form. For compatibility's sake, I would strongly recommend setting this method. The 'GET' method just encodes the form elements and adds them onto the URL in the query string. The 'POST' method does not add anything to the URL, but instead sends the form data via the HTTP headers sent to the server.

EDIT: Just confirmed this after doing some tests... I'm 99% sure of the problem. On the first server, register_globals is enabled. On the second, it is not. Use the superglobals (see the man page for [man]variables.predefined[/man] for more info) to access data sent via the GET/POST/etc. methods.

Houdini

After reviewing the source of the first you are correct there is no method and I would think that the only two essential requirements for an HTML form to work with PHP would be the action and the method tobe included. Short tags, PHP version server configuration and other could cause this but not seeing the processing file test2.php it would still be hard to really know what it is, and you are most likely correct but what I am looking at is given the actual code then there would be no doubt and the solution should be easily arrived at.

By the way from the looks of the code these are just test scripts anyway as in looking at the name of the files that are concerned, so if one server were PHP 4.1.0 and another PHP 4.2.0 then you might see why the query in the first place.

darylr

Hi Brad/Haudini,

Thanks - I changed the form method to "GET" and changed the action page to $GET_['name'] etc, and now my forms are working fine 🙂

Cheers guys! 😃

Daryl