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Bug #17376 Getting Undefined Variable: error for variable taken from html page calling it.
Submitted: 2002-05-23 02:58 UTC Modified: 2002-05-23 03:04 UTC
From: sheenathilak at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Windows NT
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-05-23 02:58 UTC] sheenathilak at hotmail dot com 
The content of text.html is

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION=text.php>
Who is your favourite author?
<INPUT NAME="author" TYPE="TEXT">
<BR>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

The content of text.php is

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php echo $author;
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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 [2002-05-23 03:04 UTC] derick@php.net 
In PHP 4.2.0, the 'register_globals' setting default changed to
be 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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