Bj wrote ...isn't getting processed by the Web server and therefore the php is > being seen and displayed by the browser instead of being processed by php....
I am calling the form directly (though through the server) so you have sorted that for me -- thank you. And the $_REQUEST -- I had wondered from what I had digested of the manual on this if that might be so. And changing it to $_POST moves the errors on a bit; even got ZA asking if Apache could send emails. As you suggest I am wondering, not so much if it was tested, as if it was rewritten rather than pasted into the book. I have identified things like '.' instead of'';' and things like this $_REQUEST which I haven't yet confidence to challenge. It is possible that it is an adaptation of a set of scripts he describes creating for a phone directory site. If he didn't then test it can be full of errors of course. Thanks Bj, Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Smile-Poet" > > > The problem is that this (the 'value=""' ' entry) appears on the form: > > > > <?=$_POST['last_name'];?> > > This means php isn't seeing the page before it's sent to the browser. > > I bet you are running this on your local PC. And I bet you are > double-clicking the shortcut to open it, or just putting the page address > into the browser (file://C:/pages/mypage.htm style of thing), or smething > instead of browsing http://localhost/mypage.htm, so that when it first shows > up it isn't getting processed by the Web server and therefore the php is > being seen and displayed by the browser instead of being processed by php. > > > And, although the form code has this > > > > <input name="req" type="hidden" id="req" value="process" > > > > > and the script has this > > > > switch ($_REQUEST['req']) { > > > > I get an error message that 'req' is not defined. > > Looks to me like a dumb mistake by the script author proving (s)he never > tested it after writing it.. Should be $_POST['req'] - there is no REQUEST > set of variables in php. > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
