We have a customer on FreeBSD and 4.2.1 PHP installed

Would anyone have any idea what is wrong with this


the problem is echo() doesnt work (IM NOT A PHP GUY) go off these two urls and u can see the 2nd one, doesnt post the info

http://www.stasik.com/test.php?var=you-should-see-this

http://www.psinetik.net/test.php?var=you-should-see-this

whats in each file

<?
echo $var;
?>


One thing i noticed is that my php file has alot more in terms of PHP Variables specially where it starts _ENV["XXXXX"]

his doesnt but have 2 lines of the ENV stuff

php 4.2 + forces the $_GET and $_POST super global variables.

so while in pre 4.2, you can do this:

url: domain.com/?var=value

and get it like so:

echo $var;

in 4.2+, you would have to:

echo $_GET[var]

i think that's what you're talking about?

You can also edit your php.ini file and set

register_globals = On

to get PHP < 4.2.x behavior, but it is not recommended according to the notes inside the php.ini file.

RutRow is correct, if the register global variable is set to off, you can't use the shortened variable names. You'll notice that if global variables is off HTTP_COOKIE_VARS/POST_VARS/GET_VARS/SERVER_VARS/ENV_VARS ect... will only work, while $var (a variable your client is creating at run time and filling with GET data, will not.

Simply turn on the register globals variable in php.ini to fix your problem.