Undefined variable error messages

markdawkins · December 16th, 2004, 03:57 PM

I just installed PHP V4.10 on my apache web server. For whatever reason now I am unable to pass variables from and HTML page to a PHP page. This is an example of the error that I get.

Your favorite author is:
Notice: Undefined variable: Author in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\ch03\text.php on line 6
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Here is the code used:

<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="text.php">
Who is your favourite author?
<INPUT NAME="Author" TYPE="TEXT">
<BR>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Can anyone help ? This worked before I changed versions.

MARK G Dawkins

xtimox · December 17th, 2004, 02:55 AM

i got the same error

Snib · December 17th, 2004, 11:27 AM

When you try to get the value from another page, you MUST use $_GET['Author'] if the form method is GET and $_POST['Author'] if the method is POST.

Otherwise you must turn register_globals on, and that is considered bad.

Please read the PHP FAQ before asking such questions.

Thanks,

-Snib - http://www.snibworks.com
Where will you be in 100 years?

markdawkins · December 31st, 2004, 10:55 AM

Thanks this helped

MARK G Dawkins