[PHP] $PHP_SELF or echo $PHP_SELF

Hi PHPers, Just a quick thing that is bugging me. In some of my older textbooks a form is returned to the same page by using echo $PHP_SELF no just $PHP_SELF is this just used in older versions of php?? Does the it make a difference what one is used? Ta, Ross

Re: [PHP] $PHP_SELF or echo $PHP_SELF

Hello Ross, Thursday, July 14, 2005, 11:11:25 AM, you wrote: R Just a quick thing that is bugging me. In some of my older R textbooks a form is returned to the same page by using R echo $PHP_SELF no just $PHP_SELF R is this just used in older versions of php?? Does the it make a R difference

Re: [PHP] $PHP_SELF or echo $PHP_SELF

: ? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ? or ?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']? Either would work. Actually, to be truly portable, it should be: ?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ? Not all hosts have short tags enabled in their PHP installations. Additionally, you have to be careful with PHP_SELF. On web servers