PHP :: Post Variables After Java Sort Are Lost

Lost Post Vars
I have a PHP script that processes post data and displays the posted data on a confirmation page. The script works for me 100%. My client will use it and it will work for x amount of time, but then the post variables start to get lost. The success page displays with nothing on it. It seems like the post variables are not being sent to the server.

Can anybody give me any reasons why post data would not be sent? I'm thinking it could be everything from the computer (i've had them use different browsers), the router, the modem, the ISP. And I have no idea where to start troubleshooting other than in their office, because that is the only place the problem occurs.

Sort Search Results - Query Made From Form Variables
I have created a search engine with multiple search fields, the results.php page shows the results.
My question is, how can I allow the user to sort the results (name, description, price etc), simply by clicking on the column title. This wouldn't be a problem if the SELECT query was constant - just add a $var at the end where ORDER BY should be, but how can I do this when the SELECT statement is made up of $_POST VARS? Surely if I reload the page with the sort command, it will have forgotten the $_POST vars that made up the query?
I have searched EVERYWHERE for help on this PHP Code:

Can't See My Post Variables
I work on an application which runs on our Intranet network, so security it's not a big issue, and my phpinfo() get me register_globals on (php 4.1.2 on a Debian system).
The problems is that I can't see my post variables (only with $_POST) and I don't get it . Is there another setting wich overrides php.ini and stop my register_globals ->on to behave properly ?

With Variables And POST
On my online order form, I need to send a few variables to my
credit-card processor. These variables are for non-secure customer
comments, and will be sent through the usual metod, i.e.,
<form action="https://orderpage.ic3.com/hop/orderform.jsp"
method="post">

However, one variable is a text-area box for a detailed customer
comment, and this variable can get pretty long. But my credit-card
processor has a 256 byte maximum length limit for all POSTed
variables. However, I can add as many of these 256-byte variables as I
like.

So how can I accomplish this in the most simple, efficient, and
elegant manner? How can I break up the text-area vaiable into 256-byte
pieces and then send these variables via POST along with all of the
other form variables which will be POSTed through the usual HTML
means?

POST/GET Into Variables
how does this look? should this by me calling ... myforms = new
forms(); work by turning all key/value pairs for both get and post
into variable names of the same name as the get/post key, and the
variable values as the values from the post/get?

class forms {
// Some stuff
var $MyPosts;
var $MyGets;...

Post Cookie Variables
I have a page that include on the top the result of a cookie (i come form a previous page with some inputs) in the second part of the page a form with name surname email etc etc
On submit all the information (cookie + form) are sent by email...
my problem is this: in the email doesn't appear the cookie values
i try to create in the form tab a hidden fiel d with this value

<input name="NewEoc" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $COOKIE['NewEoc'] ?>">

Variables Past By Get And Post
I'd like a generic include that goes at the top of all pages that mysql escapes the variables past to the script. Is there a way to refer to the each of the variables past, for example (in pseudo code):

for(each $XX in (list of get/post variables)) {
$$XX = mysql_escape_string($$XX);
}

Empty Variables And 4.21 (POST/GET)
With global variables set to on, I always had the following in my script to make sure variables had a default value:

if (empty($var)) {
$var = 1;}

Now with 4.21, I changed it to:

if (empty($_GET['var'])) {
$var = 1;}

The problem is sometimes I use GET and sometimes I use POST. With global variables on it didn't matter. Now it does. Is there a way to do this? When I try if (empty($_GET['var']) || empty($_POST['var'])), it doesn't work because one or the other will always be empty at any one time.

Processing GET And POST Variables
Below is a function adapted from one found in phpMyEdit.class.php
http://platon.sk/projects/release_l...hp?project_id=5
phpMyEdit is a form generator for PHP/MySQL.

I think this function works great, especially for forms where data is
redisplayed due to failed validation of user input. I wonder what the
opinion of other PHP users would be.

function get_cgi_var($name, $default_value = null)
{
// From the phpMyEdit project
// Usage: $name = get_cgi_var('name');
static $magic_quotes_gpc = null;
if ($magic_quotes_gpc === null) {
$magic_quotes_gpc = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
}
global $HTTP_GET_VARS;
$var = @$HTTP_GET_VARS[$name];
if (! isset($var)) {
global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
$var = @$HTTP_POST_VARS[$name];
}
if (isset($var)) {
if ($magic_quotes_gpc) {
if (is_array($var)) {
foreach (array_keys($var) as $key) {
$var[$key] = stripslashes(trim(strip_tags($var[$key])));
}
return $var;
} else {
$var = stripslashes(trim(strip_tags($var)));
}
}
} else {
$var = @$default_value;
}
return $var;
// If data is displayed/posted using htmlspecialchars($var)
// return @$HTTP_POST_VARS ? html_entity_decode($var, ENT_QUOTES) :
$var;
};

$name = get_cgi_var('name');

POST Variables And Sockets...
I have a server that uses Cpanel, and my mail server is Cpanel's cppop. I am trying to create an email address. With an older version of Cpanel, you could use this command line through sockets.

GET /frontend/x2/mail/doaddpop.html?email=emailaddress&domain=mysite.ca&password=emailpassword&quota=10 HTTP/1.0
Authorization: Basic $pass

That worked just fine because email addresses were created through GET variables. Now, they have changed it to POST variables. Now, I need to create an email address, while faking the following post variables:

email
domain
password
quota

I know I need to use sockets, and pass the POST variables, but I have no idea how to.

Passing Variables With POST
I have a file named login.php that basically just checks if a username and password are in a MySQL database. If they aren't then it shows access denied. If they are then I want to pass the $name and $pass to project.php in a different directory. Code:

Looping Thru POST Variables
I need to know how to loop thru the variables my script receives from a form with action=post. I need to build a list of only those variables that comes from my checkboxes.

POST Variables Not Coming Through
For some reason, at random posts, the post variables don't get thru to
the server. For example, if there is are two text fields: name and
email... (I have register_globals on)... When I try to update the
database with a query and use $name, $email, the $name is missing or
the $email is missing. I am building an intranet application and all
the 20 or so clients run IE. This happens very rarely. Something like
once in 100 updates.

But I can see this in the log files as update contact set name="",
email="asda@pol.com" where contact_id=918. Notice the name field is
blank. I have JS checks in the client side which does not allow blank
name field..

Is this an IE random error? How do I get over this?

POST Variables From Programs
we are trying to make a program in C++ that will comminicate with a PHP script. But we dont know how to get the variables from the program. We got it figured out with perl/CGI, but PHP seems to be a better way to connect to SQL server. On PHP the GET works, its easy, but it's not secure enough. I need informtion on what headers does the PHP require to get the POSTed data from a program.

Sending Variables As POST?
I am currently trying to send information to another page using the POST method. Unfortuantley I can not find any information on how to do this. Currently I am trying

Header ("Location: newpage.html?var=test&var2=test2");

Obviously this re-directs with the variables, but they are send using GET. Not what it need. Any ideas on how to post these variables to the new page?

Apache/PHP Post Variables
I'm working with someone on a PHP project. The other person is doing
testing of scripts on their personal machine using Apache as a web server.
The production server and the one I'm using are both using IIS.

This other person reports that in their PHP scripts when tested with Apache,
form variable sent via the POST method are not "coming through." (This is
even using the "long method" of specifying them as $HTTP_POST_VARS['x'].)
These same scripts work fine on the the IIS machine (the POST variable come
through).

I've looked online to see if I can find out if anything special must be
specified in the Apache configuration to enable the POST method, and
although I found other people posting similar problems, I saw no reference
to a solution.

Not Catching The Post Variables
For some reason my PHP script is not catching the post variables that should be being sent by this form. Code:

Forward POST-variables
I have a form which should be submitted with either of two actions. Tried with javascript but this seems unreliable. Now looking at php and a processor page as the action of the form (process.php) which then sends the user to the different actionpages...can't figure out how to forward the post-variables to the different pages. Code:

Post Variables From Header Redirect
I'm using header to redirect the browser to another page and in the url I've added ?var1=value1&var2=value2 to pass some argument as get to that script, can I pass in some way, arguments as post in this case ? may I do it in both methos at the same time ?

Passing Post Variables Using Fopen()
I'm trying to pull data from a website and read it into a file the I
can parse. I've done the before to site without post variables but I
can seem to get my statments to work with the post. Can someone help
me out?below is the code I have so far.

$url="www.somesitethatneedspostvariables.com";

$postdata = http_build_query(
array( 'postvarname1' ='value1',
'postvarname2' ='value2'
)
);
$opts = array('http' =>
array(
'method' ='POST',
'header' ='Content-type: application/x-www-form-
urlencoded',
'content' =$postdata
)
);

$context = stream_context_create($opts);
$file = @fopen($url, "r", $content) or die("Connection Error, Please
contact Webmaster ERROR CODE=0xDEADBEEF");

Get Unknown Number Of Variables From POST Or GET.
I am trying to create a page that redirects users to an advertiser's page. The reason for the redirect is statistics about who clicks where.

The situation is simple when I only need to redirect them to a page, but some of the ads on my site include forms which put data in either POST or GET and I need to know how to allow my redirect page to take that data from POST or GET, whatever that data is, and pass it on to the page that the data were intended for.

I think that once I get the data I can simply create a hidden form, on the redirect page, with the data from POST or GET already in it. However, I don't know how to get an arbitrary number of variables from POST or GET.

Search - Pass Variables Or Self Post
I've created a database of documents that is searchable by a variety of fields. Currently I have a PHP page called search.php with a form to get the keywords from the user and it then passes this back to itself, runs a query and displays the results. Doing it this way the address for the search page and the results of the search is the same.

This all works fine and I'm happy with it but I was wondering if it should be implemented differently where the keywords are used as a part of the address like with search engines with Google. I don't know what the advantages or disadvantages is for either method so I'm keen to hear what others think is the best method.

How Can I Pass Variables Via POST In A Script?
Let's assume we have a script that only accepts POST variable input.. How is it possible to pass variables to it (using a php-script)?

How To Loop Through POST Variables And Contents
I am looking for a standard way/function to loop through all POST variables
and their respective contents to update a database record.

Here's my ideal to pass a function and it update:
session variable - "ID" - that holds the record ID to update
$_POST or $HTTP_POST_VARS

The function would update the $_POST vaiables of the ID record with the
$_POST variable's contents.

Get/Post Variables Not Showing Under Windows
I'm quite rusty with PHP and have a little issue. A script transmit parameters to itself through a simple form. It works fine when I run it on aproduction server (Linux+Apache+PHP4). When I run the same script on my development machine (Win2K+Apache2+PHP5) the submited variables
don't show.

Here's some simplified code:

<HTML>
<BODY>

<?php
print_r ($_SERVER);
print_r ($submit);
switch ($submit) {
// ...
}
?>

<FORM METHOD=Get>Display content of:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=submit NAME=submit VALUE=APACD1>
<INPUT TYPE=submit NAME=submit VALUE=APACD2>
// ...
</FORM>

</BODY>
</HTML>

PHP Not Populating Form Variables Passed Through POST Or GET
I"m running:

Windows Xp SP2
Apache2
PHP5
MySQL4

Everything seems fine and dandy, and I can do scripting on server side, but for some reason I cannot get data from a form to be put into a variable.

I have a simple form in an html page which submits, and in the php script that handles the input, none of the data in the form is going into the variables.

My php.ini file does have all the GPC's in place(ie variable_order, the way they get processed).

How To Process Some Variables, Then Place Them Into POST And Redirect?
I'd like to do the following in PHP. Is there a way?

Someone submits a form with data. I want to process the data, then once I'm done with it, take two of the variables, make them post variables and basically redirect the browser as if the user pressed the submit button with data filled in.

The variables can't appear in the url.

How Do You Parse Post Variables To A Popup Window?
I know this isnt really a php question but can anyone tell me how
you parse post variables to a popup window, here's my code so far, im
trying to pass the value entered into a radio button:

<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
var win= null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll)
{
var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
var settings ='height='+h+','
settings +='width='+w+','
settings +='top='+wint+','
settings +='left='+winl+','
settings +='scrollbars='+scroll+','
settings +='resizable=yes'
win=window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4){win.window.focus();}
}

</script>
</head>

<body>
<form name="answer" action="result.php" method="post">
<input type="radio" name="group1" value="Milk"> Milk<br>
<input type="radio" name="group1" value="Butter"> Butter<br>
<input type="radio" name="group1" value="Cheese"> Cheese<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" src="result.php"
onClick="NewWindow(this.src,'name',âÆ',âÆ','yes');retur n false" >
</form>
</body>

Forward To Page Alongwith Variables In POST
How to forward a page to another page alongwith the parameters passed into it

I mean I have page a.php
which is called with some parameters in $_POST and I require to pass these to another page with same variables in $_POST

Passing Variables In Frame Page By Post Method
Is it possible to send variables by post method through a submit button to a frames page, and have all 3 pages in the frame pick up the variable using the $_request[var] ?In other words, I click on a submit button. in form action method call index.php the index page has a top, main, and a left frame.how do i get each one of those to receive the variable, when i can only sendit to one page? or is it possible to send it to more than one page, but only action to one page?

Problems With Error Checking / Control Of POST Variables
I have a small form that on button press submits to a PHP file for further
processing into a database. I have to change the script as it allows
blank / nothing to be submitted to the database. The intention is that if
any of the two form fields are blank (empty) then the page is resent
stating that they have to fill in all the fields to post (to a database).

If I deliberately leave the fields blank and submit the form, querying the
database shows that both fields are zero / null - so nothing was entered in
to the database.

However, if I use an echo command to see what is going on (before the data
is entered into a database) I get the $TheName field with a "1" and the
$TheComment field with an unknown entry (it doesn't echo anything to the
screen - but it's not empty).

The code I've used to test this is:

$TheName = $_POST[gbName];
$TheComment = $_POST[gbComment];

if (($TheName = NULL) or ($TheComment = NULL))
{
echo 'Quick error check running:<BR>'
echo "Name: $TheName<BR>";
echo "Comment: $TheComment";
exit;
}

This does NOT execute as these fields are not empty. It only runs if I
change to:

if (($TheName = !NULL) or ($TheComment = !NULL))

Which is pointless as it will always execute with genuine entries.

Using the amended code below:

if (($TheName = !NULL) or ($TheComment = !NULL))
{
echo 'Quick error check running:<BR>'
}

echo "Name: $TheName<BR>";
echo "Comment: $TheComment";

I get the result that both the echoed lines are displayed as blank (no
"1").

PHP:Unable To Post Variables From Html Form To Mysql Database
Plz dont treat this as another newbie query , i did my homework but
still getting nowhere :( :( :(

Trying to learn PHP on Fedora core 1 (PHP 4.3,MySQL,HTTPD).Unable to
post data from html form to php file(connecting to mysql database and
inserting into a table) .
This seemingly simple problem is making me go mad !!! I googled
extensively and already tried the following

I enabled " register_globals = On " .... in /etc/php.ini and
also took used _$POST syntax.

wot could be the problem .... is it the case that /etc/php.ini file is
not being read .... how do i know whether this is the default location
for php.ini?
Where can i find the PHPRC environment variable (the variable
responsible for the php.ini default location)

Is the problem something else .....?

Following is the code ...

form.html
---------
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> email entry form </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<P>plz fil the form </P>

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTON="form-handler.php">

NAME: <BR>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="givename" SIZE=25> <BR>
AGE: <br>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="givenaddress" SIZE=25> <BR>

<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

form-handler.php
-----------------
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> EMAIL FORM HANDLER </TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<?
mysql_connect("localhost","root") or die("Failure on db connection");

mysql_select_db("mydb");

Lost Session
I having problem keeping my session going for some reason. It works for my login page. I even created a dummy page to make sure the next page holds the session. But when I click back to my homepage I seem to lose the session.

Session Gets Lost
I have the following 3 test files. The first is to input the user/psw
login.htm PHP Code:

Lost Sessions
I have spent that past couple of days chasing an intermittent session
problem where the session just gets lost and I return to the login screen.

PHP Session Code:
----
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private"); //IE 6 Fix

if (isset($_POST['login_userid']) && isset($_POST['login_passwd']))
{
$encrypted_passwd = md5($GLOBALS['encrypt_key'] .
$_POST['login_passwd']);

$userid = $_POST['login_userid'];
$passwd = $encrypted_passwd;
}
else
{
$userid = $_SESSION['userid'];
$passwd = $_SESSION['passwd'];
}

if($GLOBALS['do'] == "logout" || !isset($userid))
{
session_unset();
session_destroy();
_display_login("Please login to access the Site Administrator.");
exit;
}

Lost Cookie
I have problems with non persistent cookies in popup windows (window.open), sometimes the cookie are lost in the poup window.. that is when you try to get its value in the popup window ....at least in internet explorer 4, anyone has experienced a similar problem?

Lost Password + MD5 ?
I've read in a few places that you should *never*
store original passwords in a mySQL DB.
Now i wonder if you encrypt it (with MD5 ?), how should
i create a lost password function, so the pass could be
sent to a corresponding e-mail address?

Lost With Arrays
I have the following array:
$m = array();
$m[0] = array("lodgings", "rooms");
$m[1] = array("location", "there and away");
$m[2] = array("functions", "events and groups");
$m[3] = array("activities", "things to do", "exclusive activities");
$m[4] = array("enquiries", "tariffs");
$m[5] = array("download", "media info");

If I have a string from the array, for example, download, and I want to find
out what number it occures in (i.e. 0 - 5, for download the answer being 5)
then how do I find out? I looked at the array functions, but I am not sure
what to use (arrays are new to me).

function array_set_current(&$array, $key){
reset($array);
while(current($array)){
if(key($array) == $key){
break;
}
next($array);
}
}

Lost Novice
I have inherited a www service after someone, I have problems with PHP
parts. As I am complete novice. I will be very greatful for your help - I
did not managed to find an answer myself. My questions are trivial, I guess.

The service is now being moved to another server (PHP 4) and also I would
like to run it on my local WAMP (PHP 5) for tests.

1. There's a directory defined there called php_base, which is the root
directory of this service. All other file locations are definded as
$php_base/file. Unluckily php_base is absolute, so I need to change it
manually each time I want to use other server. Is there a way to make it
server-indpendent? I found that on my WAMP the default location is service
root, so I can simply use paths relative service root. However, I guess it
did not work this way on the old server, because the absolute path has been
specified. Could you show me a proper way of doing it?

2. Some php pages take a parameter, that is specified in the URL referencing
this page.
http://localhost/mypage.php?mypar=value
In the page body the parameter is referenced as $mypar. Unluckily for some
reason on my WAMP it is always seen as empty, no matter with what value I
open the page. I am helpless and could not find any indication in php
manual.

After Header Session Is Lost
hi guys,
i wrote a login page for a project.
the login page calls itself after login button is clicked. it checks the username and pass and if everything is ok it checks for the user priority if it is 1 then it is a normal user if it is 2 it is admin. then visitors are redirected to the user page or admin page.
on the top of each protected page there is a code to check if it is only can be viewed by admins or normal user.

Why Is Session Lost On Redirect?
I'm trying to create a very basic login page that will redirect a logged in
user to a secure page. I set the session_start variable at the top of the
login page, then redirect to securePage.php if the user enters the right
credentials.

The redirect works, but apparently $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['loggedin'] is not
getting set because I cannot view securePage.php.

Am I setting $HTTP_SESSION_VARS correctly? My guess is I'm missing
something elementary. How can I get the session to carry over to the
redirected page?

CODE:

Lost Book Mark....
A while back I ran across a new site that had a ton of 'DEMO' sites
running. Just about every open source php cms/ commerce/ blog/ etc.
etc. one could imagaine. I have since lost the link. Anyone know what
the uri for this or similiar site is?

Sessions (variable Gets Lost)
I'm having a problem with sessions. I wrote a script that gets input from a couple of forms and processes the data in steps. PHP Code:

$_SESSION Data Lost.
If i store a variable in the session eg: $_SESSION['something'] it is lost between page changes. Is this normal? Is there a way round this?

Session Data Randomly Lost.
When viewing my php page using IE6.0, I am losing my session data.

In the first page I am setting a value to the session variable. In the
next page "SOME TIME" the value of the session variable is not same
as what I set in the previous page. My session data is lost.

This is happening very frequently in IE6.0 sp2 and very less frequently
in IE6.0 sp1.

In my php script I am using Ouput Buffering. If I disable my Output
Buffering php script works fine, Session data is not lost. The random
loss of session data is happening only when Output Buffereing is
enabled.

I donot understand the dependency between Ouput buffering and IE. I
donot want to disable the ouput buffering also. Can anybody help me out
in fixing this problem.

Session Data Lost In Firefox
I've got a 4-page form that lets users enter a whole lot of information,
which is then submitted and emailed at the end. All the fields are
stored as session data.

The whole thing works fine:

1. On my local box (WinXP / Apache2 / PHP4) using IE6
2. On my local box using Firefox1
3. On my hosted server (RHLinux / Apache1.3 / PHP4) using IE6

But when I try it:

4. On my hosted server using Firefox1

Then every time I continue to the next page of the form, all session
data is lost, except for the fields that were just submitted on the
previous page.

So say, for example, you're on page 4 of the form. Everything submitted
on page 3 is stored as session data, but the stuff from pages 1 and 2 is
gone.

I'm storing the session data using cookies - I think this is where the
problem may be. Is Firefox somehow losing the cookie everytime it goes
to a new page?

I'm using the $_SESSION[] variable directly, not ever using
session_register(). I'm calling session_start() at the start of each
page. In my php.ini, I have session.use_only_cookies on, and
session.use_trans_sid off.

Retrieving A Lost MD5'd Password
I mean, the pass gets md5'd and stored in a database. you cant un-md5 something. so how would vbulleting retrieve your lost pass? it uses

if $pass == md5($pass); correct? and there is no way to un md5 somehting.

so how the hell does Vbulletin retrieve it? if its md5'd and stored in the database. and when u retrieve it u get the pass that u entered like "cheese" or something of that sort.

$_POST Getting Lost, $GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA'] Is Still Set
I cannot turn off magic quotes, since I am just leasing space from a hosting
company, and they determine the magic_quotes settings. I realize in
retrospect that using a .htaccess file to turn magic quotes would probably
be better, and I am going to switch to that solution, but I am still trying
to figure out what is causing my current problem:

I am using the following code to automatically strip out any slashes that
were added automagically by gpc_magic_quotes:

$_POST = array_stripslashes($_POST);

// Takes the passed array, and strips and escaping slashes out of
any strings in the array.
// This is a recursive function capable of handling multidimensional
arrays
function array_stripslashes($data)
{
do{
$pair = each($data); // Get the next key-value
pair from the array
if($pair === false)
break;
$key = $pair[0]; // This is just for
readability
$val = $pair[1];
if(is_array($val))
$val = Utility::array_stripslashes($val);
elseif(is_string($val))
$val = stripslashes($val);
$data[$key] = $val;
}while(true);
return $data;
}

Now, I test it several times and it appears to be working fine. But, I just
got an error report from a user, with agent "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE
5.0; CS 2000 6.0; Windows 98; DigExt)", and when they clicked on a submit
button, all the POST data was lost. Interestingly enough,
$GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA'] was populated with all the form fields I
would have expected to be in $_POST (although raw, of course, not parsed
into variables).

Is my code broken? Or is this a bug in PHP? Or what?

Gd Library Bug? Image Lost Colors
is it a php bug or i do smth wrong?

From site

I`m taking images (those thumbs) and its name at right.

Then i generate with those elements png image

I make big ligh yellow rectangle with smaller rectangle: once grey, once
white. At those rectangles i put names (with ImageTTFText) and images
(imagecreatefromjpeg).

And finall image look... ugly. Look at this, most colors are lost

http://www.linux.webd.pl/allegro/

I have to admit that if i do not attach thumb images, colors are good.

Can i fix something or i it is libgd bug?