form variables - declaration not automatic

dundonald <usenet@domain.sickofspam> thoughtfully wrote:

>Andy Hassall <andy@andyh.co.uk> thoughtfully wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:35:29 +0000 (UTC), dundonald <usenet@domain.sickofspam>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I've installed apache, PHP and MySQL on a local machine. Everything seems
>>>to be working ok apart from any form variables are not being declared
>>>automatically. For example, a check for the $submit variable after a form
>>>submit like the code below doesn't work, ie the form is always displayed. Is
>>>there a setting/configuration that I need to make in php.ini or some other
>>>file?
>>
>> What makes you think they should be? See the manual; by default global
>>variables are not set for form variables, as of PHP 4.2.0, released over a year
>>ago.
>>
>>http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...predefined.php
>
>Thanks. Have been out of the scene for a while so wasn't aware of the new
>version. However I am setting register_globals=On and it still isn't
>working. I am running PHP 4.3.2. The only thing I can think of is my
>php.ini file isn't being picked up? Checking phpinfo the "Configuration File
>(php.ini) Path" field states "no value". Any ideas?

Ok problem solved. php.ini was in my windows\system dir instead of windows
dir.



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