Thank you Shawn!

Just to make sure, "the long way" IS the correct way?

Thanks again!



Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> 
> SenTnel wrote:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> Im new to programing and this is the situation I have with a first level
>> basic php tutorial: One of the samples uses a simple order form that
>> submits
>> to this page and is supposed to return the values entered on that form.
>> This
>> is the code not working:
>> 
>> 
>> <?
>>   echo "<p>Your order"; // Start printing order
>> 
>>   echo date("jS F,H:i ");
>>   echo "<br>";
>>   echo "<p>This is your order:";
>>   echo "<br>";
>>   echo $actionqty." ActionScript<br>";
>>   echo $photoqty." Photoshop<br>";
>>   echo $flashqty." Flash MX<br>";
>> ?>
>> 
>> 
>> The problem is that with this code my page does not shows the amounts
>> entered in he form, but the tutorial works with the exact same code,
>> then,
>> the same tutorial showed another "long way" to do the same thing and is
>> using this other code that works on my page:
>> 
>> <?
>>   echo "<p>Your order"; // Start printing order
>> 
>>   echo date("jS F,H:i ");
>>   echo "<br>";
>>   echo "<p>This is your order:";
>>   echo "<br>";
>>   echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["actionqty"]." ActionScript<br>";
>>   echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["photoqty"]." Photoshop<br>";
>>   echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["flashqty"]." Photoshop<br>";
>> ?>
>> 
>> I want to use the short way, why doesn't work on my server? Do I have to
>> set
>> some settings in php configuration to be able to use php in the short
>> format?
>> 
>> Thanks !
> 
> To use your 'short way' you need register_globals=on which is a security 
> risk/bad practice.  You can use a 'shorter than the long way' which is 
> the way you should be doing it anyway (BTW...  your tutorial is old):
> 
> echo $_POST['actionqty']." ActionScript<br>";
> 
> -Shawn
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