That should be $_POST['dowork'] , $_POST[dowork] will attempt to use dowork as a constant
-----Original Message----- From: manoj nahar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:51 AM To: Tom Holton Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] strange! Change this line if($dowork) { to if($_POST[dowork]) { it should work the. In your php.ini the variable register_gloabal seem to be off. Manoj Nahar Tom Holton wrote: >Hello everyone, >I looked through the FAQs and documentation and I cannot find this >anywhere: > >We have a new Redhat server with this kernal: 2.4.20-20.9smp #1 SMP >We used redhat itself to install apache and php (I used to always do it by >hand) >apache: Server version: Apache/2.0.40 >PHP Version 4.2.2 > >I found the PHP version out by making a file containing: <?phpinfo()?> > >I also can get statements like > >print "something" > >and even > >$TT =TRUE; >if($TT) print "something else"; > >to work. >But, incredibly to me, I cannot get form variables to be sent and "seen". >See the end of the email for the example script. > >I can take this very simple script that does not work on this new server >and have it work on my current server which is running PHP Version 4.1.2 >and Apache Server version: Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) > >I saw that there were incompatibility issues with PHP's prior to version >4.2.3 with Apache 2.0, but, since I can get some statements to work, and >it is only because the form variables are not recognized, I thought it >must be some new directive in httpd.conf of php.ini > >Any help or info on this is much appreciated! > > ><?php > >$TT=TRUE; >if($TT) print "TT worked"; > >if($dowork) { > print "<br>These statements do not print when the dowork button is >pushed"; > print "<br>Field 1: $fld1"; > print "<br>Field 2: $fld2"; > print "<br>Field 3: $fld3"; >} > > >print "<BR>this statement prints"; > >?> > ><form name=asd method=POST> ><br><input name=fld1 size=12> ><br><input name=fld2 size=12> ><br><input name=fld3 size=12> ><br><input type=submit name=dowork value='do work'> ></form> > >?> > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php