[thelist] PHP - getting variables from a form when register_globals is off

Peter Lowe pgl at instinct.org
Thu Aug 21 16:29:09 CDT 2003


On Aug 21, Joel D Canfield wrote:
> I'm way fuzzy this morning, and this isn't making any sense to me. 
> 
> Moving some code to a new host (from a Unix box to Windows box) which I
> don't have direct access to (although I could get it if necessary.)
> 
> This code seems to result in a blank page. Is there something obviously
> amiss?
> 
> ====================================
> <?php
> $today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");
> 
> strfname = $_post['fname'];

Try $_POST, and make sure the data is POSTed and not submitted via GET
(or consider using $_REQUEST).

 - Peter

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