Variables not posting from form

Anon

Hi,

I have this form:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">

   <HEAD>
   <TITLE>Redirection Menu</TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>

   <FORM method="POST" action="sm.php">

   <P>I want to go to:
   <SELECT name="location" size="1">
           <OPTION value="http://www.prima-tech.com/">Prima-Tech</OPTION>
           <OPTION value="http://www.php.net/">PHP.net</OPTION>
           <OPTION value="http://www.slashdot.org/">Slashdot</OPTION>
           <OPTION value="http://www.linuxchix.org/">Linuxchix</OPTION>
   </SELECT>

   <INPUT type="submit" value="Go!">

   </FORM>
   </BODY>

And the sm.php has:

<?php
header( "Location: $location");
exit;
?>

As far as I can tell there is no value to the variable $location being posted, and I have track_vars=on in the .ini file, this is PHP4.0.1p2

Is there a configuration problem?

Anon

Did you try just printing the value of location in sm.php. It seems like I rememebr something about the http:// needing to be omitted from the header function

Anon

That's not the problem. None of my forms are working, see here:

show_feedback.html:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">

   <HEAD>
   <TITLE>Feedback</TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>


   <FORM method="POST" action="do_sendfeedback.php">

   <P>Your Name:<br>
   <INPUT type="text" name="sender_name" size=30></p>

   <P>Your E-Mail Address:<br>
   <INPUT type="text" name="sender_email" size=30></p>

   <P>Did you like this site? 
           <INPUT type="radio" name="like_site" value="Yes" checked> yes
           <INPUT type="radio" name="like_site" value="No"> no
   </p>

   <P>Additional Message:<br>
           <textarea name="message" cols=30 rows=5></textarea>
   </p>

           <INPUT type="submit" value="Send This Form">

   </FORM>

   </BODY>

do_sendfeedback.php:
<?php

   $msg = "Sender's Full Name:\t$sender_name\n";   
   $msg .= "Sender's E-Mail:\t$sender_email\n";
   $msg .= "Did You Like the Site?\t$like_site\n";
   $msg .= "Additional Message:\t$message\n\n"; 

   // use two newline characters at the end of your content, 
   // or to insert additional spacing 

   $mailheaders = "From: My Web Site <randyk@ccsales.com> \n";
   $mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $sender_email\n\n";

   mail("randyk@ccsales.com", "Feedback Form", $msg, $mailheaders);

   echo "<H1 align=center>Thank You, $sender_name</h1>";
   echo "<p align=center>We appreciate your feedback.</p>";

   ?>

It does the mail function but values that were posted are left out, $msg has only the text and not values from $sender_name, $sender_email, etc... Is there a configuration problem I should know about here?

Anon

Oh, my configuration command:

It connects to the database just fine, runs programs with logic in them, just no data from posts, aaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

'./configure' '--with-mysql' '--with-apache=../apache_1.3.12' '--enable-track-vars'

Anon

Is register_globals = On?

Anon

I turned it on and now these posts send data or rather the data is parsed. Is that the way it is supposed to work? If so, why isn't this the default setup?

Anon

It isn't the defaulkt setup because it is very messy to register globals from a form.

It is much cleaner to use the default method, and use the $HTTP_POST_VARS[] array to get the variables from the form.

Read the Manual.

Anon

Cleaner to whom? For us lazy programmers, register globals is much cleaner.

The PHP does work slightly faster when not registering globals. Most sites wouldn't notice the differnce though.

Anon

First rule of programming, give your variables good names so you can remember what they are used for.
I think HTTP_POST_VARS[] is just about the best way of remembering that these vars are from a POST operation. Don't you?

But you'll find that out eventually :-)