this seems to me like a bug that someone would have noticed before i, but never the less. (feel free to flame me if this is my error.) this is part of a script that handles form input from a file called timeclock.html:

        function printenv() {
                echo $employee, "<br>\n";
                echo $passwd, "<br>\n";
                echo $punchin, "<br>\n";
                echo $punchout, "<br>\n";
                echo $task, "<br>\n";
                echo $task_other, "<br>\n";
         }

         printenv{}

it outputs this:

<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

i have reproduced this with simpler forms, and i am sure all variable names match. this works when run as:

echo $employee, "<br>\n";
echo $passwd, "<br>\n";
echo $punchin, "<br>\n";
echo $punchout, "<br>\n";
echo $task, "<br>\n";
echo $task_other, "<br>\n";

eg, not from a function. if it helps any, $employee and $task are drop-down boxes, $passwd is a password field, $punchin and $punchout are radio buttons, and $task_other is plain text field. does it seem weird to anyone else that the Form Interperter portion of php/fi doesnt support functions?

php is compiled with mysql as an apache module, with apache being compiled with mod_speling and mod_mime_magic. the form in question can be glimpsed at on cblood.tiac.net. (forgive speed, its a static ip but a 28.8 line.)