Not, this answer makes sense. I couldn't see how using '&' in the query string would work.
I'm gonna take the advice & augment my error message to include browser name & other info. I've been wondering if a web crawler might be causing this. I'll let you know what turns up (of course, the problem will stop occurring once I add this info :-). -- JR > -----Original Message----- > From: Erwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: & in Query String > > > Derick Rethans wrote: > > Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > >> I have a page with thumbnail pictures that can be clicked on to see > >> a larger picture. Each picture is hyperlinked as follows > >> > >> <a HREF="show_pic.php?pic=blah&caption=Some+Text"> > >> > >> I access the 'pic' & 'caption' attributes with $_GET['pic'], etc. > >> Pretty standard stuff. > >> > >> I have PHP set up so that error messages get mailed to a specified > >> mail account. Every so often I get the following error message: > >> > >> Undefined index: caption > >> In file /home/..../show_pic.php, line 64 > >> page: /show_pic.php?pic=gb3.jpg&caption=Some+Text > >> > >> The problem is obviously (I think) that the $_GET['caption'] is > >> failing. > > True, if you receive &caption in your URL, then the variable won't be > called $_GET['caption'], but $_GET['amp;caption'], which (I think) is > invalid because of the ;. > > >> > >> What I can't figure out is why the '&' got turned into '&'. Is a > >> browser doing this? > > > Yes it is. > > No, it isn't. I sure hope there is no browser which turns & in & in > URL's. That would be very, very bad indeed! > > > Actually, you should specify the URL with the & > > yourself, like this: > > > > <a HREF="show_pic.php?pic=blah&caption=Some+Text"> > > Of course not...this is a HREF tag, which can use & instead of > &. & > is for displaying purposes only, not for URL's. > > Following the tip from Marek, adjust your errormessage mailing > thingy...add > all the $_GET variables to it (print_r($_GET)). Some other notices maybe > usefull to... > > Erwin > > > -- > 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
