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

Joel D Canfield joel at spinhead.com
Thu Aug 21 12:41:46 CDT 2003


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?

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<?php
$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");

strfname = $_post['fname'];
strlname = $_post['lname'];
strcoinst = $_post['coinst'];
straddress1 = $_post['address1'];
straddress2 = $_post['address2'];
strcity = $_post['city'];
strstate = $_post['state'];
strzip = $_post['zip'];
strphone = $_post['phone'];
stremail = $_post['email'];
strhowfound = $_post['howfound'];
strsearchwords = $_post['searchwords'];
strhelp = $_post['help'];
strcontacttime = $_post['contacttime'];
strcomments = $_post['comments'];

mail("sfmalo at 24caratdesign.com", "Contact Request ($strtoday)", "First
Name: $strfname\r\nLast Name: $strlname\r\nCo/Institution:
$strcoinst\r\nAddress1: $straddress1\r\nAddress2: $straddress2\r\nCity:
$strcity\r\nState: $strstate\r\nZip Code: $strzip\r\nPhone:
$strphone\r\nE-mail: $stremail\r\nHow Found: $strhowfound\r\nSearch
Words: $strsearchwords\r\nHelp: $strhelp\r\nTime to contact:
$strcontacttime\r\nComments: $strcomments\r\n", "From:
webmaster at 24caratdesign.com");

print $strfname;
print "<br />";
print $strlname;
print "<br />";
print $strcoinst;
print "<br />";
print $straddress1;
print "<br />";
print $straddress2;
print "<br />";
print $strcity;
print "<br />";
print $strstate;
print "<br />";
print $strzip;
print "<br />";
print $strphone;
print "<br />";
print $stremail;
print "<br />";
print $strhowfound;
print "<br />";
print $strsearchwords;
print "<br />";
print $strhelp;
print "<br />";
print $strcontacttime;
print "<br />";
print $strcomments;
print "<br />";
?>
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and then follows a pretty normal HTML page.

Thanks

spinhead


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