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Previously on "Weirdness passing variable to PHP page"
Then on mypage.php I want to display the value of "thingy" I do this
PHP Code:
<?
echo $thingy;
?>
This was working fine on Webserver A (test) but when I transferred the site to Webserver B (live) $thingy was displayed as a blank value, so I had to change the code to do this:
PHP Code:
<?
echo $_GET["thingy"];
?>
Any ideas why this might be so? Which is the "correct" method?
TIA
The first server has the register_globals setting enabled, the second doesn't.
The second is the correct way; register_globals is a serious potential security hole, and its use has been deprecated since version 4.2.0.
it looks like a config difference between the 2 web servers
Thingy isn't defined as a variable, it's being passed in through the URL, webserver A can ignore that fact, webserver B demands a more explicit variable definition.
I'm sure Nick will be online later to answer properly (and recommend a Mac )
Then on mypage.php I want to display the value of "thingy" I do this
PHP Code:
<?
echo $thingy;
?>
This was working fine on Webserver A (test) but when I transferred the site to Webserver B (live) $thingy was displayed as a blank value, so I had to change the code to do this:
PHP Code:
<?
echo $_GET["thingy"];
?>
Any ideas why this might be so? Which is the "correct" method?
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