Two systems->Two results

[James]

I'm just beginning my PHP studies and one of the first tutorials gives
different results. The user is prompted for a Name, and PHP is to say
"Welcome <name>!" on another page. On my hosted server the example works
fine, but on my own machine the message "Welcome !" is displayed,
instead of "Welcome James!" (or whatever). The code:

hello-web.htm

<form action="hello-web.php" method="post">
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="frmName" size="24">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
hello-web.php

<p>Hello
<?php echo($frmName); ?>!
And from the log:

[client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: frmName in
C:\\wwwroot\\phpdev\\hello-web.php on line 2, referer:
http://localhost/phpdev/hello-web.htm

The host system is using an older version of PHP and Apache, but I would
think the problem is something else. Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

James

[Anthony Dodds]

register globals issue

in hello-web.php replace $frmName with $_POST['frmName']

Regards And good luck

Anthony
"James" <jm******@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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I'm just beginning my PHP studies and one of the first tutorials gives
different results. The user is prompted for a Name, and PHP is to say
"Welcome <name>!" on another page. On my hosted server the example works
fine, but on my own machine the message "Welcome !" is displayed, instead
of "Welcome James!" (or whatever). The code:

hello-web.htm

<form action="hello-web.php" method="post">
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="frmName" size="24">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
hello-web.php

<p>Hello
<?php echo($frmName); ?>!
And from the log:

[client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: frmName in
C:\\wwwroot\\phpdev\\hello-web.php on line 2, referer:
http://localhost/phpdev/hello-web.htm

The host system is using an older version of PHP and Apache, but I would
think the problem is something else. Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

James

[James]

Anthony Dodds wrote:

register globals issue

in hello-web.php replace $frmName with $_POST['frmName']

Regards And good luck

Anthony
"James" <jm******@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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I'm just beginning my PHP studies and one of the first tutorials gives
different results. The user is prompted for a Name, and PHP is to say
"Welcome <name>!" on another page. On my hosted server the example works
fine, but on my own machine the message "Welcome !" is displayed, instead
of "Welcome James!" (or whatever). The code:

hello-web.htm

<form action="hello-web.php" method="post">
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="frmName" size="24">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
hello-web.php

<p>Hello
<?php echo($frmName); ?>!
And from the log:

[client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: frmName in
C:\\wwwroot\\phpdev\\hello-web.php on line 2, referer:
http://localhost/phpdev/hello-web.htm

The host system is using an older version of PHP and Apache, but I would
think the problem is something else. Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

James

Simply amazing! So I guess it was the difference between PHP 5.0.4 on my
local dev system and PHP 4.3.3 on my host. Thanks for the help!

So where's a good PHP tutorial? I mainly want to write a system to
interact with a MySQL database and produce some web pages with the
contents of same.

James

[Gordon Burditt]

>I'm just beginning my PHP studies and one of the first tutorials gives

different results. The user is prompted for a Name, and PHP is to say
"Welcome <name>!" on another page. On my hosted server the example works
fine, but on my own machine the message "Welcome !" is displayed,
instead of "Welcome James!" (or whatever). The code:
A POST variable is referenced as $_POST['frmName'].
With reasonably non-ancient versions of PHP, this should work
correctly on both your version and the one used by your host.

Gordon L. Burditt
hello-web.htm

<form action="hello-web.php" method="post">
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="frmName" size="24">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
hello-web.php

<p>Hello
<?php echo($frmName); ?>!
And from the log:

[client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: frmName in
C:\\wwwroot\\phpdev\\hello-web.php on line 2, referer:
http://localhost/phpdev/hello-web.htm

The host system is using an older version of PHP and Apache, but I would
think the problem is something else. Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

James

[Kirsten]

James schrieb:

Simply amazing! So I guess it was the difference between PHP 5.0.4 on my
local dev system and PHP 4.3.3 on my host. Thanks for the help!
The difference could be that your host had been set 'register_globals'
on in the php.ini. So where's a good PHP tutorial? I mainly want to write a system to
interact with a MySQL database and produce some web pages with the
contents of same.

James

Kirsten

[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<q7*******************@twister.southeast.rr.com> from James contained
the following:

So where's a good PHP tutorial? I mainly want to write a system to
interact with a MySQL database and produce some web pages with the
contents of same.

Trouble is, if you know how to do it you don't go looking at tutorials.
:-(

I used the Webmonkey tutorial when I first started, but that is out of
date. I'll have another look round when I get time. Ought to write one
really because a lot of students on my introduction to PHP course often
want to progress. Of course, then you are looking at a lot more stuff,
SQL and the whole relational database thing.

--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

[James]

Kirsten wrote:

James schrieb:

Simply amazing! So I guess it was the difference between PHP 5.0.4 on my
local dev system and PHP 4.3.3 on my host. Thanks for the help!

The difference could be that your host had been set 'register_globals'
on in the php.ini.

Yes, turning register_globals on in php.ini on my local machine fixed
the problem also!

[James]

Geoff Berrow wrote:

I noticed that Message-ID:
<q7*******************@twister.southeast.rr.com> from James contained
the following:

So where's a good PHP tutorial? I mainly want to write a system to
interact with a MySQL database and produce some web pages with the
contents of same.

Trouble is, if you know how to do it you don't go looking at tutorials.
:-(

I used the Webmonkey tutorial when I first started, but that is out of
date. I'll have another look round when I get time. Ought to write one
really because a lot of students on my introduction to PHP course often
want to progress. Of course, then you are looking at a lot more stuff,
SQL and the whole relational database thing.

I have a lot of history working with databases, Oracle mostly, just not
MySQL. I have played with Cold Fusion and Access a little bit, but
wanted to build up my skills with Open Source alternatives.

[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<qL*******************@twister.southeast.rr.com> from James contained
the following:

The difference could be that your host had been set 'register_globals'
on in the php.ini.

Yes, turning register_globals on in php.ini on my local machine fixed
the problem also!

This is a bad idea. If you write scripts that will run with register
globals off, they will run on a server with register globals on. The
reverse is not true.
--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/