Posted by Dan on 03/04/05 21:23

phpninja wrote:
> I think all php functions are case sensitive and must be all
> lowercase. try changing "IsSet" to "isset" and give it a run. I im not
> 100% sure because i always type every function in php lowercase and
> keep it the same throughout the application so i dont ever have to
> worry about that. Just a thought.
>
> -phpninja
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:ceo@l-i-e.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:03 AM
> To: John Swartzentruber
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Authentication fails - problem line found
>
> John Swartzentruber wrote:
>
>>I stripped down my original script until it started receiving POST data,
>>then I kept modifying it until I figured out where the problem was. I
>>found it, but I'm still as clueless as every.
>>
>>To summarize: I have a form that posts to the same script that contains
>>the form. In its original state, when the script is called after I
>>submit the form data, the $_POST[] data is completely empty and the
>>_SERVER variable that indicates the type of data is set to "GET".
>>
>>In the script is the following code:
>>
>>if (IsSet($_POST["action"])) {
>>// $action = $_POST["action"];
>>} else {
>> $action = $_GET["action"];
>>}
>>
>>
>>Normally the second line is not commented. When I comment out that line,
>>then the $_POST array has all of the data I would expect it to. When it
>>is not commented, then it does not work.
>>
>>Just to make sure that I am really confused, this bit of code is *after*
>>the call to var_dump($_POST), but *before* the code that creates the form.
>>
>>Does anyone have any ideas about why setting this variable has such a
>>large and seemingly unrelated affect?
>
>
> WILD GUESS:
> Somewhere in your form and/or the logic, you are sending GET data for
> $action as well as POST data for $action, and you are confusing the two.
>
> Show us your stripped-down but still-broken code.
>

How about using single quotes around all the action phrases:

if (IsSet($_POST['action'])) {
// $action = $_POST['action'];
} else {
$action = $_GET['action'];
}

I'm slowly learning, myself, on the proper placement of quotes.

Thanks
-dant

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