Problem with form data not being posted to another page

07-01-2007, 5:13 PM

Hello Everyone

I have a problem with my apache and php scripts. The form data is not being
passed to the page it is submit to. I' ve tried the pages out on another
machine and work with no problems. Any idea's what could be problem. I
reinstalled both apache and php, but with luck.

Thanks Eric

07-01-2007, 5:13 PM

web address for the server is 64.132.106.81/testpage/test3.php

This is the source test3.php and test4.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Listing 1-4</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action="test4.php" method="post">

Your Name:
<INPUT TYPE="text" name="YourName">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="x" VALUE="COMPUTE">
<form>
</body>

</html>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Dixie global menu</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<LINK href="css/dixie.css" rel=stylesheet>
</HEAD>
<BODY text=#000000 vLink=#000099 aLink=#0000ff link=#000099 bgColor=#999999
leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<?php
echo "<p>Welcome: $YourName <br>";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Thanks for the help
Eric Dillard
RHCT

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9935kvg4r7ab485tne404m6pnrfov6bm0v@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:35:52 -0400, "Eric Dillard" <eric@seisystems.com>
wrote:
>
> >I have a problem with my apache and php scripts. The form data is not
being
> >passed to the page it is submit to. I' ve tried the pages out on another
> >machine and work with no problems. Any idea's what could be problem. I
> >reinstalled both apache and php, but with luck.
>
> Post a minimal, runnable piece of code that demonstrates your problem.
>
> Without being able to see your system, any advice is just a guess as you
> haven't given enough information (although there's one guess that's more
likely
> than others:
>
http://www.andyh.uklinux.net/faq/com...rnal-variables)
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)

07-01-2007, 5:13 PM

try:

<?php
$YourName = $HTTP_POST_VARS['YourName'];
echo "<p>Welcome: $YourName <br>";
?>

do the same for all variables you pass over.
You probably have register_globals switched off in php.ini (which is for the best).
When submitting a form, the values are put into an array (HTTP_POST_VARS or HTTP_GET_VARS depending whether you have action=post
or action=get in the form).
You then access the values in the array as above. They will be stored with the name you set for the text field, i.e. <INPUT
TYPE="text" name="YourName">.

"Eric Dillard" <eric@seisystems.com> wrote in message news:3f4298e3$0$43849$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net. ..

web address for the server is 64.132.106.81/testpage/test3.php

This is the source test3.php and test4.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Listing 1-4</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action="test4.php" method="post">

Your Name:
<INPUT TYPE="text" name="YourName">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="x" VALUE="COMPUTE">
<form>
</body>

</html>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Dixie global menu</TITLE>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<LINK href="css/dixie.css" rel=stylesheet>
</HEAD>
<BODY text=#000000 vLink=#000099 aLink=#0000ff link=#000099 bgColor=#999999
leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<?php
echo "<p>Welcome: $YourName <br>";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Thanks for the help
Eric Dillard
RHCT

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9935kvg4r7ab485tne404m6pnrfov6bm0v@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:35:52 -0400, "Eric Dillard" <eric@seisystems.com>
wrote:
>
> >I have a problem with my apache and php scripts. The form data is not
being
> >passed to the page it is submit to. I' ve tried the pages out on another
> >machine and work with no problems. Any idea's what could be problem. I
> >reinstalled both apache and php, but with luck.
>
> Post a minimal, runnable piece of code that demonstrates your problem.
>
> Without being able to see your system, any advice is just a guess as you
> haven't given enough information (although there's one guess that's more
likely
> than others:
>
http://www.andyh.uklinux.net/faq/com...rnal-variables)
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)

07-01-2007, 5:14 PM

Thanks for the help.

Eric Dillard

"Andy Hassall" <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2b95kvs7f21bvp005pgu98g2r9a4duqdo0@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:38:24 -0400, "Eric Dillard" <eric@seisystems.com>
wrote:
>
> >web address for the server is 64.132.106.81/testpage/test3.php
>
> Submitting the form goes to a phpinfo() output, clearly showing:
>
> register_globals
> Off Off
>
> (Which is as it should be)
>
> >This is the source test3.php and test4.php
> [snip]
> ><?php
> > echo "<p>Welcome: $YourName <br>";
> >?>
>
> See the URL listed in my previous message. You should use
$_POST['YourName'],
> not $YourName.
>
> Contents reproduced here for the sake of archives:
>
> External variables (forms, sessions and cookies)
> I've just upgraded to PHP 4.2.0 or later, and I'm getting 'undefined
variable'
> warnings on all my pages. Why?
>
> You are relying on the register_globals configuration setting being on. It
is
> off by default in PHP 4.2.0 and later.
>
> Code of the following form will no longer work in the default
configuration:
>
> <form method="GET">
> <input type="text" name="input1" />
> <input type="submit" />
> </form>
>
> <?php
> if (isset($input1)) {
> echo $input1;
> }
> ?>
>
> The variable $input1 will be undefined - global variables for each form
input
> element are no longer created by default for security reasons. This is
> documented in the following pages:
>
> PHP 4.1.0 Release Announcement
> http://www.php.net/release_4_1_0.php
>
> PHP 4.2.0 Release Announcement
> http://www.php.net/release_4_2_0.php
>
> PHP Manual - External Variables
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...s.external.php
>
> Secure Programming In PHP article on zend.com
> http://www.zend.com/zend/art/art-oertli.php
>
> The new mechanism using the superglobal variables $_GET, $_POST, $_SERVER,
> $_SESSION, $_ENV and $_REQUEST is much preferred over the old global
variable
> method.
>
> <form method="GET">
> <input type="text" name="input1" />
> <input type="submit" />
> </form>
>
> <?php
> if (isset($_GET['input1'])) {
> echo $_GET['input1'];
> }
> ?>
>
> If you absolutely must use the old method, and you are aware of the
security
> risks this involves, you can restore the old behaviour with the
> register_globals configuration option in php.ini.
>
>
> --
> Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
> Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)

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