hello.

For some reason my slackware apache php server computer wont acknowledge varibles sent to pages from previous pages.

ie: http://192.168.0.66/index.php?blahBlahVarible=10 should open the index.php file and have a varible called $blahBlahVarible but it doesnt it just opens the index.php file as usual.
neither does it seem to notice varibles sent to it by a form.
all varibles made and used on the page behave normally.

using the php triad set of sql, apache amd php on windows it all works fine I have had this problem in that past with php on IIS but i never fixed it.

Is this a problem i have to fix with the php setup or is it something to do with the server in this case apache?

thanks,
Ben.

It will only have $blahBlahVarible as a variable if you have RegisterGLobals set to "on" in php.ini - this is considered a slight security flaw and it is reccomended that you reference the query string with:
$_GET["blahBlahVarible"]

thanks david ross.

Security isnt too important in this case at the moment. If a users isnt logged in then all varibles passed throught the URL are given a null value. and if the users isnt logged in as me and connecting from the ip and dns of this individual computer from inside the lan then no admin functions are availble at all....
but i think ill re-write the code using the $_GET[" "] methody/functiony thing so that its a more expandable for future stuff. its all an educational exercise im doing to learn sql and better php. so this is exactly what i want,

Cheers again.
Ben.