$_GET is not working, please help!!

torresl

I have register_globals on but $_GET is still now working.
I'm doing something very simple to test it.

I have a file with the code:

form name="xform" action="output_form.php" method="get">
<input name="gobutton" type="submit" value="Go" />
<input name="client" type="text"/>
</form>

...and another file with the code:

<?php
echo $SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
echo $GET['client'];
?>

I get output for echo $SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] but not for echo $GET['client']

I don't understand why it doesn't work, please help.

Highland3r

do you get any errors or just not returning data?

torresl

No errors. This is what I get (in the browser)

gobutton=Go&client=test

This is coming from the QUERY_STRING

Thanks for looking into this!!

elemelas

It's working fine on my localhost mate

What PHP version have you got ? try maybe $GET["client"] instead of $GET['client'], sometimes it helps ..

Weedpacket

torresl wrote:
I have register_globals on

Incidentally, you want this to be off.

Installer

Do you get the same error with "echo $_GET['gobutton'];"? If you do, then check "variables_order" in php.ini ("echo ini_get('variables_order');" or "phpinfo();").

torresl

I tried the following:

<?php

	echo $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
	echo $_GET['client'];
	echo $_GET["client"];
	echo $_GET['gobutton'];
	echo $_REQUEST['client'];

foreach($_REQUEST as $val)
{
echo"$val";
echo"<br>";
}
echo phpinfo();
?>

and still the only output I get is from echo $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

by the way, having register_globals on is ok since my application will not be accessible to public. Or do you still see an issue with this?

torresl

FYI...

PHP Version => 5.2.6 System => SunOS

Installer

Well, if your php.ini's variables_order value is correct, (contains "G", at the least), then I don't know. I suggested it because what you're seeing is exactly what would happen if the "G" wasn't there. Maybe someone else will have another suggestion. It may be a SunOS-specific thing.

As for register_globals, having it on should be okay, as long as you're sure that it'll never be disabled in future PHP versions, and you're sure that you'll never want to reuse any of the code in an application that is accessible to the public.