PHP - passing variables

Hello,
The server is using php 4.3.5 version, and I'm having some difficulty passing variables. When I pass a variable through an URL (eg. http://www.mydomain.com/page.php?number=5), the value of $number on page.php isn't 5. Instead, I have to use $_GET['number']. In using the same script elsewhere, $number is 5 automatically. Is there setting I have to set in the php.ini file for this to work for me?

The setting is register_globals and is set to off by default in php. Change it to on and you should be good to go. FYI, here is a link to the documentation on register_globals.

http://us2.php.net/register_globals

there are other ways you can simply put $varname=$_GET['varname'];
if you dont want to perminantly change it. Either way works.

Thanks guys, it's cool now. The register_globals was the solution. I wanted to avoid the $_GET method, since it would involve fixing all the pages in the site.

AT

Just an FYI, if you use the extract() function at the top of each page like so,



then you will be able to keep register_globals off and still refernce the variables as $myvar etc..etc..

I have about the same problem as above.
My Problem = Passing var from one php page to another, I have a variable EX. $name = Sam; that I got from an input on page 1 and I passed it to page 2($NAME = $_POST['name']), then I have a new variable EX $date = 2004/05/12; that I got from an input on page 2, now I want to send both variables ($date & $NAME) to page 3 but only $date is send to page 3 and not $NAME.
So how can I send a variable from one page to another "THAT I DID NOT GET FROM SOME SORT OF INPUT"?

Sessions... you need sessions ;)

Thanks for the tip BlindEddie
but the link is dead at this time.
can you redirect me?

Daryn

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The setting is register_globals and is set to off by default in php. Change it to on and you should be good to go. FYI, here is a link to the documentation on register_globals.

http://us2.php.net/register_globals