Thanks! :handshake:
Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>
> SenTnel wrote:
>> Thank you Shawn!
>>
>> Just to make sure, "the long way" IS the correct way?
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>>
>>
>> Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>>> SenTnel wrote:
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> Im new to programing and this is the situation I have with a first
>>>> level
>>>> basic php tutorial: One of the samples uses a simple order form that
>>>> submits
>>>> to this page and is supposed to return the values entered on that form.
>>>> This
>>>> is the code not working:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <?
>>>> echo "<p>Your order"; // Start printing order
>>>>
>>>> echo date("jS F,H:i ");
>>>> echo "<br>";
>>>> echo "<p>This is your order:";
>>>> echo "<br>";
>>>> echo $actionqty." ActionScript<br>";
>>>> echo $photoqty." Photoshop<br>";
>>>> echo $flashqty." Flash MX<br>";
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that with this code my page does not shows the amounts
>>>> entered in he form, but the tutorial works with the exact same code,
>>>> then,
>>>> the same tutorial showed another "long way" to do the same thing and is
>>>> using this other code that works on my page:
>>>>
>>>> <?
>>>> echo "<p>Your order"; // Start printing order
>>>>
>>>> echo date("jS F,H:i ");
>>>> echo "<br>";
>>>> echo "<p>This is your order:";
>>>> echo "<br>";
>>>> echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["actionqty"]." ActionScript<br>";
>>>> echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["photoqty"]." Photoshop<br>";
>>>> echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["flashqty"]." Photoshop<br>";
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>> I want to use the short way, why doesn't work on my server? Do I have
>>>> to
>>>> set
>>>> some settings in php configuration to be able to use php in the short
>>>> format?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks !
>>> To use your 'short way' you need register_globals=on which is a security
>>> risk/bad practice. You can use a 'shorter than the long way' which is
>>> the way you should be doing it anyway (BTW... your tutorial is old):
>>>
>>> echo $_POST['actionqty']." ActionScript<br>";
>>>
>>> -Shawn
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>>
>
> Using $_POST is the correct way unless you are on an old version of PHP,
> in which case you would have to use $HTTP_POST_VARS which may or may not
> work on newer versions, so stick with $_POST.
>
> -Shawn
>
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