Re: [PHP] syntax to reference $_POST within function

2002-12-20 Thread Philip Olson
This is a very important point to understand, I tried (and failed) to explain it. I think Leif made it pretty clear though, here's another :) // $a can be anything when you call the function function bar ($a) { print $a; } bar ('Hello World'); bar ($_POST['something']); Regards, Philip Ols

Re: [PHP] syntax to reference $_POST within function

2002-12-20 Thread Leif K-Brooks
You don't need to import the request variables for that to work. The variable names in the function definition have no relationship to variables outside of it. Most likely, you're calling with something like: check_banlist($banlist,$p_email); but you could also call it with: check_banlist($vari

Re: [PHP] syntax to reference $_POST within function

2002-12-20 Thread Jamie
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I ended up getting it working with this: import_request_variables('p', 'p_'); function check_banlist($banlist, $p_email) { This is what I had been trying to accomplish but was writing it this way: function check_banlist($banlist, $_POST['email']) { Maybe you

Re: [PHP] syntax to reference $_POST within function

2002-12-19 Thread Philip Olson
First, read this: http://www.php.net/variables.external Second, assuming you have a PHP version equal to or greater than 4.1.0 and the method of the form is POST, you'd do something like this: $banlist = array('[EMAIL PROTECTED]'); echo check_banlist($banlist, $_POST['email']); Your ques

[PHP] syntax to reference $_POST within function

2002-12-19 Thread Jamie
I am attempting to modify an old script to support the superglobal $_POST with register_globals=Off. These register globals are definately challenging when you are new to php and every example shown anywhere uses the old method but I guess what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I am t