Does $_SERVER['HTTP_METHOD'] show a GET or POST? On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Adam Richardson <simpleshot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 >
