On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Ashley Sheridan <a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:45 -0700, Brian Dunning wrote: > > > I'm trying to write a VERY simple script that does nothing but store all > the submitted GET and POST vars in a string and echo it out. > > > > $response = print_r($_REQUEST, true); > > echo $response; > > > > The problem is it only shows GET vars. I've tried $POST instead of > $_REQUEST and it always gives an empty array. I've got it on two different > servers, and we have three guys trying various methods of submitting forms > to it, trying to eliminate all potential problems, like the possibility that > the request might not actually have any POST vars. I think we've safely > eliminated these possibilities. > > > > Can anyone see a reason why the above should not see POST vars? Is there > some security setting I don't know about? > > > Is there any code before the print_r() call, i.e. code that might be > setting it to an empty array? > > If not, then are you sure your form is definitely sending post > variables? It sounds a stupid question, but a small typo could be > sending the data as GET by accident. Firefox has a useful extension > called Firebug which might be able to show you the data being sent to > the browser. If you really need to bring out the big guns, then > Wireshark will show all the network traffic, including that sent from > your form to the server. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > Check php.ini for this setting: variables_order -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
