problem with post and $PHP_SELF

Anon

hello,

i have 2 problems but i think they are related.

1: when i have a simple form like
<FORM ACTION="tuwas.php3" METHOD=POST>
<INPUT NAME="beliebigername">
<INPUT TYPE="submit">
</FORM>
and tuwas.php3:
<?
echo "you entered: $beliebigername";
?>
it only shows "you entered:".
when i change the method to get, it works fine (well, beliebigername is in the url).

2: i can't use $PHP_SELF. it's not set

but phpinfo() shows a $POST["beliebigername"] with correct value and $SERVER["PHP_SELF"].

what's wrong here? something misinstalled?
i'm running apache on winnt with php cgi-like

thanks in advance,
sabine turber

Anon

You mean <INPUT type="text" NAME="beliebigername">
Setting PHP as Apache module will solve the second problem.

Anon

i think that this row is wrong:

<INPUT NAME="beliebigername">

cause tou have to define type of the input field like this:

you can do textarea also, and a lot more...

for that PHP_SELF problem, I think that you missed the syntax or something

that's works for me:

<FORM name=x action=<?echo $PHP_SELF;?> METHOD=post>

good luck

Anon

setting type=text (or "text") in the input tag doesn't work either... it's the same with select, textarea etc. ... get works fine but post doesn't...

$PHP_SELF isn't set... i can't echo it, print it whatever... but this strange _SERVER["PHP_SELF"] is set correctly.

good luck

thanks, i can need it 😉

Anon

Hi sabine,

versuchs mal mit | try it with
$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']

Anon

no...
$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF'] doesn't exist either...
what's wrong with my php? ... argh

Anon

well, thanks to all of you...
i'm going home now (feierabend yeah 🙂 )

so... i can still use these strange POST["var"] and SERVER["PHP_SELF"] ... i don't really need PHP_SELF (yet) ... and for post... well, it's nasty this way... but it works...

have a nice day,
sabine

Anon

hi,

i've just set up php as module... but i still only have these strange vars...
but i can use this great authentification now 🙂

Header('HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
Header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Top Secret"');

Anon

Maybe
register_globals = off
in your php.ini ?

Anon

gonna check this on monday.