instead of using $username use $_POST['username'] sounds to me like you have register globals off on your devel machine and turned on on your production machine... From what i am told it is best to develop with register globals OFF i always config my php to have that off.
Joe On Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 0000 (), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >look at this ><a target=_blank >href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php";>http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php</a> > >"Emmy Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I DON'T have this problem with my development machine until I deploy the >> code to the production. >> >> I am using window XP home edition. I tried both apache-2.0.45 and >> apache -1.3.27 with both php-4.3.1 and php-4.3.2. and none of them >works. >> >> the phpinfo(); works fine without any problem. >> >> but I could not get the variable value from the html FORM. >> >> the test program is, the link is <a target=_blank >href="http://www.kuaitech.com/test.php";>http://www.kuaitech.com/test.php</a> >> >> <HTML> >> <?php >> $user="GUEST"; >> echo ($user); >> ?> >> <FORM> >> Please type your name: <BR> >> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="username"><BR><BR> >> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit"> >> </FORM> >> You typed: >> <?php >> echo ($username); >> ?> >> </HTML> >> >> As you can see, I can get the value for $user which is defined within >the >> php code, but I can not get the value for $username from html form. >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Emmy >> -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
