You can use $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] if register_globals is off. ---John Holmes...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'1LT John W. Holmes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Igor Portnoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Problem running script after installing PHP 4.2.1 > One more question - could you just use $_GET[$QUERY_STRING} then? Our URL > doesn't even have IDs - it's just 001&06&055&... Then I explode it and put > it into variables. There are up to 12 vars that we pass that way so we > didn't label them. > > Thank you!! We're not worried about security - if someone tampers with the > URL then the database query doesn't work and they get an error message (my > vote was for "don't be an idiot and play with things you don't understand") > but my boss didn't think it was cute. :-) > > Thanks again! > > -Natalie > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1LT John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:29 PM > To: Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS); Igor Portnoy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem running script after installing PHP 4.2.1 > > > Okay, the only issue with the upgrade is that register_globals defaults to > off. That is because of security reasons so it's not _quite_ as easy to > write insecure scripts. > > With register_globals off, a URL like index.php?page=4 will not give you a > $page variable, only $_GET['page'], or $HTTP_GET_VARS['page']. If your using > HTTP_GET_VARS now, then you'll be fine. The new $_GET[] array is just like > HTTP_GET_VARS except its easier to type and it's always global (even in > functions and classes, etc). > > If you turn on register_globals, any script you have now will run just fine > on the latest PHP as far as accessing GET, POST, COOKIE, etc data is > concerned. > > Hope that helps. Let me know if there are any other questions. > > ---John Holmes... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'1LT John W. Holmes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Igor Portnoy" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:18 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] Problem running script after installing PHP 4.2.1 > > > > I have a quick question. I've been reading all of this about the > upgrade - > > we're just waiting for our network guy to do it. > > > > We need to use the query string for parameters so our URL is > > "cut-and-paste-able." Is that going to be a problem? We were using > > $HTTP_POST_VARS until someone decided that they wanted people to be > > able > to > > direct someone else to the exact same graph. > > > > I just thought that I might as well get some info now, so that I can > > be prepared if everything is going to break :-) > > > > Thanks!! > > > > -Natalie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: 1LT John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:16 PM > > To: Igor Portnoy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem running script after installing PHP 4.2.1 > > > > > > You probably still have register globals off still and your URL > > variables aren't being accessed correctly. Use $_GET['page'] or > > $HTTP_GET_VARS['page'], or turn on register_globals... > > > > ---John Holmes... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Igor Portnoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:03 PM > > Subject: [PHP] Problem running script after installing PHP 4.2.1 > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am using MySQL to display some data to the users. I have upgraded > > to > PHP > > Version 4.2.1 on my FreeBSD Apache server, and now data from the > > database > is > > not displayed correctly. Well, the page with the data shows up, and it > > actually shows correct number of records. However, when I click on > > the "next" or "2" buttons the next page with records doesn't show up. > > See example here: http://www.gibsonusa.com/test2/page/index.php > > > > > > > > Before I upgraded to PHP 4.2.1 everything was working perfectly. Any > > ideas what could cause this, and how can it be fixed? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
