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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/11/06 07:00
Norman Peelman wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:15edndHF8fD3jpDZ4p2dnA@comcast.com...
>
>>Joe Blow wrote:
>>
>>>Can anybody see a problem with this? Am I being stupid?
>>>
>>>if (!isset($_REQUEST["input"]) || "" == $_REQUEST["input"])
>>> {
>>>throw new Exception("need query");
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> echo "<p>Search words: $_REQUEST[input]";
>>> }
>>>/*
>>>* split input into array of query words
>>>*/
>>> $queries = array_map(mysql_real_escape_string, explode(" ",
>>>$_REQUEST["input"]));
>>>
>>>
>>>This works on one server, running PHP5, but not another. Both apache.
>>>I've checked php.ini but cannot see why this seemingly simple bit of
>>>code should fail in one instance.
>>>
>>>In the one where it fails to work $queries is set to "" where I would
>>>expect it to be set to an array of the values of $_REQUEST["input"],
>>>split at each space.
>>>
>>>No errors are reported even with error_reporting(E_ALL);
>>>
>>>$_REQUEST is definitely set as the echo line prints out the input as
>>>expected.
>>>
>>
>>Maybe your problem is:
>>
>> echo "<p>Search words: $_REQUEST['input']";
>> ^ ^
>>
>>P.S. I prefer to use single quotes around constants like this.
>>
>
>
> No,
>
> echo "<p>Search words: $_REQUEST[input]";
>
> is (one of) the correct ways. Single quotes aren't needed/don't work when
> the variable is enclosed in double quotes. Unless you enclose the variable
> in curly braces:
>
> echo "<p>Search words: {$_REQUEST['input']}";
>
> will work properly too...
>
> Norm
>
>
Yes, if you turn on all errors you will get an E_NOTICE because the
string is not quoted.
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