Hi!
1st: I was too lazy to read your whole message... So I'll just answer your
1st question.
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"Assuming you have not omitted any of the code for script 2:
> You need to have a get the posted value at the start of script 2 i.e.
> $username = $_REQUEST['userName'];
vs.
> ". $_POST["userName"] ."</h3>";
> Mike
And assuming both Armando and Mikes answers work which method is
the more correct?"
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I guess $_POST is better for security reasons. $_REQUEST is the better for
agility reasons.
$_REQUEST groups _POST, _GET and _COOKIE vars, so, if you have a COOKIE var
"logged" that may have values "true" or "false" and a visitor write the URL
www.yourpage.com/index.php?logged=true, when you use $_REQUEST['logged'],
either if the user isn't logged in the COOKIE, the value for "logged" will
be "true".
I hope I've been helpful.
Regards,
Rafael Soares - AgênciaM
Fone: +55 11 4616-1394
-----Mensagem original-----
De: aomarlow [mailto:aomarlow@xxxxxxxxx]
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 25 de novembro de 2004 01:57
Para: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assunto: $username=$_REQUEST vs .$_POST["userName"]?
Hi everyone,
"Assuming you have not omitted any of the code for script 2:
> You need to have a get the posted value at the start of script 2 i.e.
> $username = $_REQUEST['userName'];
vs.
> ". $_POST["userName"] ."</h3>";
> Mike
And assuming both Armando and Mikes answers work which method is
the more correct?"
Interestingly enough, in this particular situation, it was neither Mike's
answer nor Armando's that did the trick for me, although I certainly tried
them both, and have kept both answers in my PHP Tutorials folder for future
reference, and I appreciate the help of both very much. But instead, it
seems that Trevor has the correct answer to my particular problem. He
suggested that my web server might not be configured correctly, and at least
with my very limited beginner's knowledge of PHP, since neither Armando's
suggestion or Mike's worked, I'm assuming that Trevor must be correct.
I have been following the advice from a book called, "PHP 5/MySQL
Programming for the Absolute Beginner." I'm still reading this book yet,
so I hate to pronounce judgment, but from what I've seen regarding the issue
of configuration, this book might not be entirely correct. At least, not
for an absolute beginner. [And please don't forget that I am an absolute
beginner with PHP, so whatever I say about this book is probably not correct
either--I'm just going by my experience with the book and with the advice
I've gotten from others on the list]. I followed the configuration
instructions in the book to the best of my abilities, but in the end, I had
to re-do everything, and instead, follow the advice of someone that helped
me from a list, just like you folks. Also like you, he was very friendly
and helpful, and he guided me through the mess that was created when I
followed the instructions in the book regarding configuration. Anyway, the
instructions in the book didn't work for
me, but the advice I got did work, as far as the initial problems I was
having with getting the phpInfo() command to work.
I'm including my comments about the book that I mentioned above only because
the title says that it's for absolute beginners. And I just think that it
might help someone else who is an absolute beginner like me to know that
this might not be the best book for a real absolute beginner. Then again,
everyone brings into a book the sum total of their life's experience, so
anybody else could get something very different out of the same book. I
plan on finishing this book, and I'm glad that I bought it, but as you can
see, I've had to depend heavily on this list (and the Apache list) to work
out the kinks that Iv'e run into. So I guess, this is kind of a review for
other absolute beginners out there, who are also trying to figure their way
through setting up PHP, MySQL and Apache. But, all else said, if I had to
decide whether or not to purchase this book over again, I would still buy
it. So this is a mixed review. The book has lot's of code samples and is
well written. But the
book does say that getting PHP, MySQL and Apache set up is a real
"headache," and suggests that the reader should get someone else to do it
for them. A statement like that in a how-to book, seems kind of weird to
me.
But thank you for your help, everyone. I really do appreciate it. Once
I've finished going through the configuration process again, I'll add the
code that both Armando and Mike gave me, back into the program again, then
I'll let you know!
Thanks again,
Anthony
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