As I learned recently, register_globals should always be off, you do not need it to enable GET and POST variables. I believe enabling it will do something like set $_POST["name"] to $name automatically (of course there's always the 90% chance that I'm absolutely wrong). You might want to see if your _GET variables are working correctly too. Try creating a simple page: <?php //testGet.php echo "TEST GET: <br>"; var_dump($_GET); echo "<br>END TEST"; ?> If you call the page like localhost/testGet.php?testVar=testString than there might be some security settings within your http server preventing this and you should check both your http access and error logs. "Fil" <fil_mat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:438E82FF.3050001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Thankyou for this opportunity of picking someones brains before I tear the > place apart. I am just starting with PHP but have encountered an > insurmountable hurdle.. I need to work through HTML form "posting" > examples to a PHP script. ONE STEP after "Hello World" > > I have taken the following steps: > > 1: My php.ini (The only one on the system ) is located in /etc/php.ini > > Because I am using an above 4.1 version of PHP > I have manually altered the values of > > register_globals = On > > 2: I have repeatedly stopped and restarted Apache webserver. > (Version 2) > > 3. I have a "Hello World" HTML - > hello.php that loads and runs > succesfully hence I have a valid Webserver PHP HTML connection with my > browser. > > 4. In "Hello World I have taken the liberty of including a phpinfo() > > 5. The output of phpinfo() among others reveals: > > post_max_size 8M 8M > precision 14 14 > register_argc_argv On On > register_globals On On > safe_mode Off Off > > 5. I should ???? be able to use GLOBALS ( even if this will become a > health hazard later on) > > > 6. I have used the two examples from PHP's Documentation. > > Literally cut and paste... > > "Action.html " > >> <html> >> <head> >> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" >> http-equiv="content-type"> >> <title>filsform</title> >> </head> >> <body> >> <div style="text-align: center;"><span >> style="text-decoration: underline;">Fils Form<br> >> <br> >> <br> >> </span> >> <div style="text-align: left;"> >> <form action="action.php" method="post"> Name: <input name="name" >> type="text"><br> >> >> Email: <input name="email" type="text"><br> >> <input name="submit" value="Submit me!" type="submit"></form> >> <br> >> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div> >> </div> >> </body> >> </html> > > and action.php >> <html> >> <head> >> <title>PHP Test</title> >> </head> >> <body> >> HI <?php echo $_POST['name']; ?>. >> Your email <?php echo $_POST['email']; ?> >> </body> >> </html> > > > 7. After submitting "action.html" action.php loads and prints > > Hi > Your email > > The contents of $_POST['name'] and $_POST['email'] appear to be > unavailable to action.php. If I understand the documentation correctly > this should not be the case and whatever strings are filled in the form > of action.html should now be available??? > > What or where or how or why or whatever ????? must I do next... ???? > > Many thanks for those interested in advance > > Fil -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
