On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Adam Richardson <simpleshot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:45 -0700, Brian Dunning wrote: >> >> > I'm trying to write a VERY simple script that does nothing but store all >> the submitted GET and POST vars in a string and echo it out. >> > >> > $response = print_r($_REQUEST, true); >> > echo $response; >> > >> > The problem is it only shows GET vars. I've tried $POST instead of >> $_REQUEST and it always gives an empty array. I've got it on two different >> servers, and we have three guys trying various methods of submitting forms >> to it, trying to eliminate all potential problems, like the possibility that >> the request might not actually have any POST vars. I think we've safely >> eliminated these possibilities. >> > >> > Can anyone see a reason why the above should not see POST vars? Is there >> some security setting I don't know about? >> >> >> Is there any code before the print_r() call, i.e. code that might be >> setting it to an empty array? >> >> If not, then are you sure your form is definitely sending post >> variables? It sounds a stupid question, but a small typo could be >> sending the data as GET by accident. Firefox has a useful extension >> called Firebug which might be able to show you the data being sent to >> the browser. If you really need to bring out the big guns, then >> Wireshark will show all the network traffic, including that sent from >> your form to the server. >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> > Check php.ini for this setting: > variables_order > > > -- > Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully > http://nephtaliproject.com > And I suppose post_max_size could cause issues, too. -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
