Windows and PHP Query String

[Anon]

In a linux environment, running a script like this:

http://localhost/echo.php?echothis=HELLO

// begin echo.php
<?

echo $echothis;

?>
// end

Would always output "HELLO" in the browser, but in my Windows installation of apache and php, it outputs nothing, meaning that the variable $echothis is EMPTY. Do I not have something setup right in either apache or php as to why this is happening, or is this just not possible in Windows? I appreciate your help! Thanks!

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Read the PHP manual about 'register globals'

[mega_hurtz]

windows runs PHP in cgi mode, not as an apache module like linux. therefore some of the globals and supporting functionality are not available and/or accessed differently.

[Anon]

Ok, so what is the solution? How does one do this (get QuERY_STRINGS on a windows install of PHP)?

thx. 🙂

B.

[Anon]

ok...
so far no ones actually managed to answer the question at hand.

so HOW does one retrive the value of a query string manually, that is...
how does one retrieve the value of a query string IF register_globals='off' in the php.ini file?

thanks.