Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
John Swartzentruber wrote:
I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to GET.
In the script is the following code:
if (IsSet($_POST[action])) {
//$action = $_POST[action];
} else {
$action = $_GET[action];
}
Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
is not commented, then it does not work.
Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
large and seemingly unrelated affect?
WILD GUESS:
Somewhere in your form and/or the logic, you are sending GET data for
$action as well as POST data for $action, and you are confusing the two.
Show us your stripped-down but still-broken code.
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all
lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not
100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and
keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to
worry about that. Just a thought.
-phpninja
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From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:03 AM
To: John Swartzentruber
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
John Swartzentruber wrote:
I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to GET.
In the script is the following code:
if (IsSet($_POST[action])) {
//$action = $_POST[action];
} else {
$action = $_GET[action];
}
Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
is not commented, then it does not work.
Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
large and seemingly unrelated affect?
WILD GUESS:
Somewhere in your form and/or the logic, you are sending GET data for
$action as well as POST data for $action, and you are confusing the two.
Show us your stripped-down but still-broken code.
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
phpninja wrote:
I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all
lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not
100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and
keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to
worry about that. Just a thought.
-phpninja
-Original Message-
From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:03 AM
To: John Swartzentruber
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
John Swartzentruber wrote:
I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to GET.
In the script is the following code:
if (IsSet($_POST[action])) {
//$action = $_POST[action];
} else {
$action = $_GET[action];
}
Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
is not commented, then it does not work.
Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
large and seemingly unrelated affect?
WILD GUESS:
Somewhere in your form and/or the logic, you are sending GET data for
$action as well as POST data for $action, and you are confusing the two.
Show us your stripped-down but still-broken code.
How about using single quotes around all the action phrases:
if (IsSet($_POST['action'])) {
//$action = $_POST['action'];
} else {
$action = $_GET['action'];
}
I'm slowly learning, myself, on the proper placement of quotes.
Thanks
-dant
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
On 3/4/2005 2:23 PM Dan wrote:
phpninja wrote:
I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all
lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not
100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and
keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to
worry about that. Just a thought.
How about using single quotes around all the action phrases:
if (IsSet($_POST['action'])) {
//$action = $_POST['action'];
} else {
$action = $_GET['action'];
}
I'm slowly learning, myself, on the proper placement of quotes.
Thanks
-dant
I tried that. I also doubt that isset would work any better because that
condition is being processed correctly.
This script is not something that I wrote, it is something I downloaded.
I assume that it works correctly for the author on the author's system.
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
On 3/4/2005 2:02 PM Richard Lynch wrote:
John Swartzentruber wrote:
I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to GET.
In the script is the following code:
if (IsSet($_POST[action])) {
//$action = $_POST[action];
} else {
$action = $_GET[action];
}
Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
is not commented, then it does not work.
Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
large and seemingly unrelated affect?
WILD GUESS:
Somewhere in your form and/or the logic, you are sending GET data for
$action as well as POST data for $action, and you are confusing the two.
Show us your stripped-down but still-broken code.
Thanks for sticking with me. I tried stripping it down again, but then
the stripped down version worked (even with the problem line). That
means I need to take a couple more passes at it and figure out what else
is working with this line that causes the problem.
I did determine that it is not the name of the $action variable or the
action POST value. If I manually set $action to login, it causes the
problem, but if I set it to loginx, then the post values come through
correctly.
I didn't write this script, and I'm seeing the same problem in
phpMyAdmin, so I don't think it is a coding problem unless it is an
incompatibility between php4 and php5. I still need to track it down
further. I'll let you know what I find.
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
John Swartzentruber wrote:
On 3/4/2005 2:23 PM Dan wrote:
phpninja wrote:
I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all
lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not
100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and
keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to
worry about that. Just a thought.
How about using single quotes around all the action phrases:
if (IsSet($_POST['action'])) {
//$action = $_POST['action'];
} else {
$action = $_GET['action'];
}
I'm slowly learning, myself, on the proper placement of quotes.
Thanks
-dant
I tried that. I also doubt that isset would work any better because that
condition is being processed correctly.
This script is not something that I wrote, it is something I downloaded.
I assume that it works correctly for the author on the author's system.
what I do sometimes is throw in keywords or the like:
if (IsSet($_POST['action'])) {
//$action = $_POST['action'];
echo stage 1;
} else {
// $action = $_GET['action'];
echo stage 2;
}
That helps me to determine the logical order of execution. I don't
think case has anything to do with it, as Chris had asked, but I don't
suppose it would hurt.
YOu can also use phpinfo('INFO_VARIABLES'); to print all env vars to see
if your var is even coming through. However, the above example will
pretty much determine this.
Hope that helps.
-dant
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Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
phpninja wrote: I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not 100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to worry about that. Just a thought. PHP functions are case-INsensitive. PHP variables are case-sensitive. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
Richard Lynch wrote: phpninja wrote: I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all lowercase. try changing IsSet to isset and give it a run. I im not 100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to worry about that. Just a thought. PHP functions are case-INsensitive. PHP variables are case-sensitive. thats not to say it's not blasphemous to write isset() as IsSet() ;-) one a more serious not there are some posts a while back about CS. (Coding Style)...anyhow, I think most people expect php core functions, language-constructs to be written in lowercase, maybe only in my sector? :-). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to GET.
In the script is the following code:
if (IsSet($_POST[action])) {
//$action = $_POST[action];
} else {
$action = $_GET[action];
}
Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
is not commented, then it does not work.
Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
large and seemingly unrelated affect?
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