You are posting to the wrong list. And why are you using parse_str()?
PHP automatically imports these variables for you. Use
$foo=$HTTP_GET_VARS['foo'] in that second script of yours.
Next time send your user-level question like this to php-general.
-Rasmus
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Thomas Wentzel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have encountered an issue with parse_str, that I believe needs to
> be addressed - allthough I might be mistaken, and in that case feel
> free to ridicule me - and tell me to go to the general list :)
>
> Well... I want to be able to do something like this:
>
> file1.php:
> <?
> session_start();
> session_register("foo");
> $foo="bar";
> ?>
> <form action="file2.php?foo=foobar" method="post">
> <input type="submit" name="Go">
> </form>
>
> file2.php:
> <?
> session_start();
> $old=$foo;
> parse_str($QUERY_STRING);
>
> Header("Location: file3.php?old=$old&foo=$foo");
> ?>
>
> file3.php:
> <?
> session_start();
> echo "foo: $foo<br>";
> ?>
>
> >From the manual: (explanation for parse_str)
> Parses str as if it were the query string passed via an URL and sets
> variables in the current scope. If the second
> parameter arr is present, variables are stored in this variable as an
> array elements instead.
>
> I would expect that the script would result in file3.php echoing, "foo:
> foobar" - but that's not the case, instead I get: "foo: bar", but the
> url is: "file3.php?old=bar&foo=foobar". Doesn't session_start introduce
> all the registered vars into the current scope - and since parse_str
> "sets varibles in the current scope" why doesn't this scheme work?
>
> Thanks for listening
> Thomas
>
>
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