Posted by Captain Paralytic on 02/12/07 16:39

On 12 Feb, 16:24, "Lennart Anderson" <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
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> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandetnews:1171297244.099838.287800@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> > On 12 Feb, 15:59, "Lennart Anderson" <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
> > wrote:
> >> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> skrev i
> >> meddelandetnews:1171295377.124061.210900@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
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> >> > On 12 Feb, 15:41, "Lennart Anderson" <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> skrev i
> >> >> meddelandetnews:1171293983.056633.220620@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
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> >> >> > On 12 Feb, 15:13, "Lennart Anderson" <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> skrev i
> >> >> >> meddelandetnews:1171292908.022502.97460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
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> >> >> >> > On 12 Feb, 15:06, "Lennart Anderson" <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
> >> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> >> "Satya" <satya61...@gmail.com> skrev i
> >> >> >> >> meddelandetnews:1171087978.827105.134470@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
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> >> >> >> >> > On Feb 8, 3:59 am, "Lennart Anderson"
> >> >> >> >> > <lennart.ander...@tele2.se>
> >> >> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >> I have finally managed to get Apache 2.2.4, PHP 5.2.0 and
> >> >> >> >> >> MySQL
> >> >> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> >> talk
> >> >> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> >> each other. Everything seems to work OK when dealing with
> >> >> >> >> >> databases
> >> >> >> >> >> but
> >> >> >> >> >> as
> >> >> >> >> >> soon as I use a php-script that use $_server the browser will
> >> >> >> >> >> throw
> >> >> >> >> >> me
> >> >> >> >> >> away
> >> >> >> >> >> and give me HTTP 403.
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> >> >> >> >> >> It has worked before but that was before I got the
> >> >> >> >> >> communication
> >> >> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> >> work
> >> >> >> >> >> with MySQL
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> >> >> >> >> >> Any ideas or solutions are very much appreciated.
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> >> >> >> >> >> /Lennart
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> >> >> >> >> > I see no reason for this.
> >> >> >> >> > if you are using $_server then use $_SERVER['key'];
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> >> >> >> >> Thats is exactly how I'm doing. Still the browser will through
> >> >> >> >> me
> >> >> >> >> away
> >> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> >> denies to show the page, just saying HTTP 403.
> >> >> >> >> /Lennart- Hide quoted text -
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> >> >> >> > Care to share some of the code?
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> >> >> >> This is the simple test code that causes the HTTP403
> >> >> >> <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
> >> >> >> Username: <input type="text" name="username">
> >> >> >> <br />
> >> >> >> Password: <input type="password" name="password">
> >> >> >> <br /><br />
> >> >> >> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sign Up">
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> >> >> >> /Lennart- Hide quoted text -
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> >> >> > OK, now when you say "I use a php script", when aer you considering
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > to be used?
> >> >> > Do you get the form displayed but get the error when you press "Sign
> >> >> > Up" or do you not get the form displayed at all?
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> >> >> When ran I get the page and give ensers to the two inputs.
> >> >> The browser reacts with HTTP 403 when I press the submit-button
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> >> > OK, so what you said first was incorrect. You are using the script to
> >> > produce the form. So it is not the act of accessing $_SERVER per se
> >> > that is causing the 403. You are getting the 403 when you try to
> >> > submit the form to the "address" that is output by the original php
> >> > call.
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> >> > To be honest, you don't really need that call for what you are doing.
> >> > By default the form will submit to the same address that is in the
> >> > address bar, so try coding the form as
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> >> > <form action="" method="post">
> >> > Username: <input type="text" name="username">
> >> > <br />
> >> > Password: <input type="password" name="password">
> >> > <br /><br />
> >> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sign Up">
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> >> > and see what happens.
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> >> Thanks. I think I see what you mean but can I still use the keyed
> >> username
> >> and password as variables and go furhter to for instance a database with
> >> them. I admit I am a newbie but if you don't ask you don't get any
> >> answers.
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> > What is happening with the way that you have coded your script (if
> > you've done it correctly) is that the first time it gets executed, it
> > will display the form. Then when you click "Sign Up" the same script
> > is executed again, but this time it detects that it has been run due
> > to a valid form submission and the does whatever other processing you
> > have asked it to do.
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> > An empty "action" parm just does the submission back to the current
> > URL, the same as the php_self should have done.
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> > Did the submit work OK using my suggestion?
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> Thanks. Your suggested code worked as expected and accepted the inouts an
> took care of them.
> Just the follow question as above - can I in your script use the input names
> as variables for further actions?
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I don't understand the question. I didn't supply any script.
Please re-phrase it?

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