Warning: Undefined variable: _POST !!!

[vbkris]

i have PHP 4.3.2
when i used the followring code it gives me the above error:
<?
include &quot;connect.php&quot;;
$name=$_POST['name'];
$pwd=$_POST[&quot;pwd&quot;];
?>

and hints?

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[DRJ478]

# wrong:
$pwd=$_POST"pwd";
# right:
$pwd=$_POST

[

'pwd'

]

;

Or did something get lost in TGML?

 

[sleipnir214]

DRJ478:
Some thing got lost in TGML.

The string &quot;[ignore][&quot;foo&quot;][/ignore]&quot; will cause TGML to drop the brackets I had to use ignore tags to get it to show them at all. Single quotes TGML leaves alone. Go figure.


vbkris:
Always put code snippets inside of TGML [ignore]

...

[/ignore] tags to prevent your typography from getting messed up.

Is that the exact error message you're getting?

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[vbkris]

o.k:

<?
include &quot;connect.php&quot;;
$name=$_POST['name'];
?>

i have removed the pwd line as the error points to line number 3...

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[sleipnir214]

Again, what is the exact error message you are getting?

Also, what is your PHP version?

It's possible that $_POST does not exist. The superglobal variables were introduced in PHP version 4.1.0, so if your version is older than that, you'll have to use $HTTP_POST_VARS instead.



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[vbkris]

i have PHP4.3.2 and the strange thing is that even $HTTP_POST_VARS doesnt work!!! no global variables are working. another strange thing is that when i start my apache a dos console opens with the title apache. but the minute i run a php file the console's title changes to &quot;php&quot;. and my system free resources dropws from 72% to 54%...

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[sleipnir214]

Then you have something strange going on with your PHP installation. Are you running PHP as an Apache module or as a CGI?

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[sleipnir214]

Also, how are you testing for the presence of absence of $_POST and $HTTP_POST_VARS?


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[vbkris]

by a simple form submit. i have a html file that asks for username(the form code is correct, its method is post and it submits to this PHP file).

my connect.php has info to connect to the database(access - using COM). after that i use the $_POST to retrieve the username. i am absoluetly stumped...

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[sleipnir214]

What happens if you issue

print_r ($_POST);

in the script your form submits to?

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[vbkris]

hi,
sorry for the late response. i will try that...

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[vbkris]

o.k, sorry for the late response again. i couldnt get to it.

even ur line gives me the error.(print_r($_POST))...

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[sleipnir214]

And:

<?php
print_r ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
?>

does the same thing, right?

What was your PHP install source?

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[vbkris]

yup...

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[njost]

maybe a Problem with the php.ini try
changing &quot;register_globals = off&quot; to &quot;register_globals = on&quot; in php.ini

 

[sleipnir214]

njost:
According to the manual, in versions of PHP 4.1.0 and newer $_POST and the other superglobals are always supposed to exist.


vbkris:
What's you PHP run environment? What was your source for the install?

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[vbkris]

i am using Windows98, apache server. i got the exe file via a floppy from my office...

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[sleipnir214]

Dude, I have searched Google a bunch of different ways and can find no one reporting a problem similar to yours.

I recommend that you uninstall PHP and reinstall from some other source. It's drastic, but I can't think of anything else to suggest.



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[vbkris]

yup, its the pits for me, the strange problem is that even ASP (PWS) is acting that way. i have installed PWS but there it wont run...

thanks a lot...

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[vbkris]

ah,
thanks for finding that thread for me (how do u do it? i had to go page by page of my threads..), i reinstalled PHP and now it is working, but the strange problem is that the first time i instlled PHP it was in my D:\, it was that php.exe file that apache was accessing, the new one i installed in C:\, retained the old php.ini file, guess what happened? the $HTTP_POST_VARS was working but not $_POST, i got bugged, then i found out the D:\, C:\ problem, i unistalled the entire thing again and changed my apache config file, it now works like magic.

and one more thing in my version register_globals is off by default. so without declaring the variable it must throw an error, in the prior installation it did not do it.

thats it, whew...


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