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Bug #19375 Calling a php page from an html form
Submitted: 2002-09-12 08:54 UTC Modified: 2002-09-12 09:06 UTC
From: Agostino dot Calamita at italtel dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2002-09-12 08:54 UTC] Agostino dot Calamita at italtel dot it
Hi, I installed PHP 4.2.3 on a Windows NT workstation with Xitami Web Server 2.4d9.
I have a simple html page with a form like this:

<FORM NAME="myname" METHOD="POST" ACTION="test.php">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="myfield" SIZE=20>
<INPUT TYPE=submit>
</FORM>

and a simple php file (test.php) like this:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<?php 
   echo "Your field is: ";
   echo $myfield;
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

When I use the submit the form, PHP executes test.php
and give my this page:

Your field is:
Notice: Undefined variable: myfield in C:\Xitami\webpages\test.php on line 5

If I unistall PHP 4.2.3 and install PHP 4.1.1, everything works fine and I got what I wrote inside myfield.

I don't know if this is a bug or a security problem.


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 [2002-09-12 08:56 UTC] derick@php.net
Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking
support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.
For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP,
please visit http://www.php.net/support.php

Thank you for your interest in PHP.
 [2002-09-12 09:06 UTC] sander@php.net
In PHP 4.2.0, the 'register_globals' setting default changed to
'off'. See http://www.php.net/release_4_2_0.php for more info.
We are sorry about the inconvenience, but this change was a necessary
part of our efforts to make PHP scripting more secure and portable.


 
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