PHP not passing data via forms

[chrisadragna]

Hello.

I have installed PHP4 with Apache (and MySQL) on a two different Win2K machines. Both produce the same (non)-result. One of the machines was a clean install of OS and PHP/Apache onto a formatted drive.

Apache works.

PHP works (echo "hello world"😉.

However, PHP will not pass data from page to page. I tried this simple form:

<?php
if ($submit) {

// process form

while (list($name, $value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {

echo "$name = $value<br>\n";

}

} else{

// display form

?>

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>">

DATA ENTRY<input type="Text" name="first"><br>

<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Enter information">

</form>

<?php
} // end if
?>

Every time it is run and data is submitted, the form is shown with blank data instead of the field's value being returned.

This same code will work on my ISP's web server, displaying the value instead of the empty form after submit.

Does this have to do with permissions?

I have made IUSER_machinename an administrator on a hunch that that is the problem, but it didn't fix the problem.

Thanks in advance,
Chris Adragna
Orlando, FL

[Anon]

http://php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php

[Anon]

Im just a newbie but, im having the same problem right now with apprently a similar setting. Check the register_global option.

in PHP4 by default its sets it to "OFF",.

that is the only thing i can tell you, cause now i have to figure out how to use the get var stuff.

[Anon]

I read that link to the manual and it sure explained a lot, but what still remains unclear is how to literally write to the global variables via post if register_globals = On.

I'm still a bit of a newbie with only a year and a half of PHP experience under my belt, so bear with me.

If I am trying to post some data or keep session variables running from one page to the next (without using $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS) what do I need to do to stay compatable with the "out-of-the-box" build of PHP 4.2?

The example given is still a bit fuzzy to me:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php
Example 4-15. Working with register_globals = off
<?php
if($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['username']){
// can only come from a cookie, forged or otherwise
$good_login = 1;
fpassthru ("/highly/sensitive/data/index.html");
}
?>

With respect to these new changes, how do you accept a post into the variables (without using cookies) and then keep it that way in the session_variables()?

Thanks very much for your help.
Michael