Link Strange behaviour

[Pesho318i]

Hi all,

I've got a strange problem here.
On my web site I have a link which leads to register.php.
It works fine on the machine where I test it. However, when I move to another machine, it leads to a completely blank page... !?!?!

Could it be due to some subtle differences in the Apache version. The working one has Apache 2.0 and the other - Apache2.2 ?

The .php code is not complex at all.
I'm running PHP 5 and mysql 4.1.

thank you,
Pesho

 

[mbrooks]

Is the DNS resolving the same on both machines?

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[RhythmAce]

Are you using short tags? If they are not allowed by php.ini then you may get this problem. For example if you use <? instead of <?php. I would suspect php rather than apache in this case.

 

[Pesho318i]

hi,

>>mbrooks wrote:
>>Is the DNS resolving the same on both machines?

I guess so. I'm testing the site locally and on the first machine it works with both "localhost" and 127.0.0.1. On the other it works with neither of them

>>RhythmAce wrote:
>>Are you using short tags?

nope, I'm using <?php ... ?>

thanks anyway,
...still hoping for a solution,
Pesho

 

[Pesho318i]

here is my h_register.php:
the strange thing is that when I display it directly in a browser it doesn't include the header.php and navigationbar.php and it also prints some fragments of the code e.g.:

$feedback

"; $feedback_str = $feedback; } else { // Show form for the first time $feedback_str = ''; } // ---------------- // DISPLAY THE FORM // ---------------- include("header.php"); include("navigationbar.php"); // Superglobals don't work with heredoc //$php_self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; $php_self = h_register.php; $reg_str = <<< EOREGSTR


I guess RhythmAce was right about the tags, maybe it doesn't recognize the PHP tags, but I think I've typed them correctly.

<?php /* ====================================================

NAME
h_register.php


==========================================================*/ ?>

<?php

require_once('h_register_funcs.inc');

$first_name="";
$last_name="";
$address="";
$city="";
$phone="";
$password="";
$email="";

if (array_key_exists('submit',$_POST) && $_POST['submit'] == 'Mail confirmation') {
$feedback = user_register();

// In every case, successful or not, there will be feedback
$feedback_str = "<P class=\"errormess\">$feedback</P>";
} else {
// Show form for the first time
$feedback_str = '';
}


// ----------------
// DISPLAY THE FORM
// ----------------
include("header.php");
include("navigationbar.php");

// Superglobals don't work with heredoc
$php_self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

$reg_str = <<< EOREGSTR
<td align="center" valign="top">
<table width="550" height="77" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td height="75" align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="Welcome.JPG" width="550" height="75"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>

<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=621>
<TR>
<TD width="10%"/>
<TD align="left" valign="top">

$feedback_str
<P CLASS="left"><B>REGISTER</B><BR>
Fill out this form and a confirmation email will be sent to you. Once you click on the link in the email your account will be confirmed and you can begin to contribute to the community.</P>
<FORM ACTION="$php_self" METHOD="POST">
<P CLASS="bold"><B>First Name*</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="first_name" VALUE="$first_name" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="bold"><B>Last Name*</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="last_name" VALUE="$last_name" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="bold"><B>Address</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="address" VALUE="$address" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="bold"><B>City</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="city" VALUE="$city" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="bold"><B>Phone*</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="phone" VALUE="$phone" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="bold"><B>Password*</B><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password1" VALUE="" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="left"><B>Password*</B> (again)<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password2" VALUE="" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"></P>
<P CLASS="left"><B>Email*</B> (required for confirmation)<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="email" VALUE="$email" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50"></P>
<P><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" VALUE="Mail confirmation"></P>
</FORM>
</TD>
<TD width="10%"/>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD>
EOREGSTR;
echo $reg_str;

include("bottom.php");

?>