Re: Register Globals and Submit Buttons

From: Gordon Burditt (gordonb.1h1hp_at_burditt.org)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: 28 Jul 2004 20:31:11 GMT

>We have developed an application with register_globals "On" and are
>now trying to convert it to run under "Off".
>
>I understand that a text field previously referred to as txtText must
>now be referred to as $_POST['txtText'].

Guess what? This refers to all the other variables you get from
a page, too.

>The problem we are hitting is with the PHP code that runs when a
>submit button is clicked. The application currently looks like this:
>
><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="cmdButton">
><input type="text" name="txtText" size="20" value="testing">
>
><?php
>
>if ($cmdButton)
>{
> echo "Text Value: ".$_POST['txtText'];
>}
>
>?>
>
>This works great with register_globals "On", but when "Off", it is not
>invoked when the button is clicked.
>
>Any suggestions?

$_POST['cmdButton']

                                                Gordon L. Burditt