because register_globals is on in their php.ini and it is off in yours Php since 4.3.x or something defaults to setting register_globals = off, which is very advisable as setting it to on implies several security threats.
regards, Bostjan On Thursday 14 of October 2004 14:17, Paolo Morgano wrote: > Thank you, > I've been able to do this, can you tell me why the pages I wrote work > fine on Lycos web space? May be older php versions worked in a different > way? > > Thanks and regards, > > Paolo > > "Hendrik Schmieder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Paolo Morgano schrieb: > > >Hi, > > > I installed PHP5 like DSO for Apache2. I can see php processed pages, > > but > > > >I miss variables... I wrote a simple page to test > > > > > >index.html: > > > > > ><HTML> > > ><BODY> > > > <FORM ACTION="script.php" METHOD="POST"> > > > Input text <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="var" SIZE="10" MAXSIZE="20"> > > > <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Go"> > > > </FORM> > > ></BODY> > > ></HTML> > > > > > >script.php is: > > ><HTML> > > ><BODY> > > > <?PHP > > > echo "Insered text is: $var"; > > > phpinfo(); > > > ?> > > ></BODY> > > ></HTML> > > > > > >The function phpinfo() works fine, but I can't print $var value > > (correctly > > > >showed PHP VARIABLES section of phpinfo()) > > >What's wrong in my code (copied from several examples in books and net)? > > > > > >Thanks, > > > Paolo > > > > You should use > > > > echo "Insered text is: " . $_POST["var"] . "<br />\n"; > > > > instead of > > > > echo "Insered text is: $var"; > > > > Hendrik
