Posted by Janwillem Borleffs on 11/17/11 11:35

zek2005 wrote:
> I have two errors
> (http://www.historiadelpais.com.ar/bp/acciones_vigentes.php).
>
> First: As I do not have the second variable when I load the page I
> receive the first error.
> Second: When I enter a branch (example: 17 or 20), the combo box works
> but when I try to retrieve the customers I have another error.
>

Sounds like a classical register_globals problem. Look it up in your php.ini
file; when it's omitted or disabled, $PHP_SELF won't work, and you should
use $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] instead. This also applies to form variables,
which, in your case, will be stored in the $_POST array.

> $dbase = mysql_connect("localhost", user , pass);
> mysql_select_db(historia,$dbase);
>

Already addressed by others in the thread. The reason that the bareword
'historia' works is that PHP's kind enough to create a variable on the fly
with the name as its value. Be aware, however, that this isn't good practise
and raises a notice on systems with the default error_reporting level.

JW

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