At 15:03 22.02.2003, Chris Hayes said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >Since PHP 4.1 form data are not automatically available as variables in the >followup file. > >http://nl.php.net/release_4_1_0.php explains it all, for now it's enough >to say >- either turn register_globals on in php.ini (google knows how) > - or read $_POST['gender'], e.g. >$gender=$_POST['gender']; --------------------[snip]--------------------
if "gender" is left empty when submitting the form this will still trigger a different warning (unknown index, or something like that). if (array_key_exists('gender', $_POST)) $gender = $_POST['gender']; else $gender = null; Being paranoid you might even check if $_POST is available: if (is_array($_POST)) -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php