php GET parameters

[davidhardie]

I am posting variables from one page using - method = "GET" in the first page thE values appear in the url but i cannot retrieve them in the next page with the following lines:
<?PHP
$uname = $HTTP_GET_VARS['name'];
$password = $HTTP_GET_VARS['password'];
echo "$uname";
?>
What have i done wrong??
thnx. dh

[mark_W]

Hi,

Try :

 
$uname = $_GET['name'];
$password = $_GET['password'];
 
echo $uname; 

[WhSox21]

We would need more code to tell you what's wrong but try doing this after <?php
print_r($_GET);

See if the entries are in there. If they are not then something is wrong with your code.

[davidhardie]

The url appears with:

....SuccessfulRegistration.php?name=ddd&password=ddd&address=gfgf&postcode=dfsd&telephone=5656
&handicap=12

trying those methods displays a blank page.
the HTML code on the first page that sends the parameters is:

<form action = "SuccessfulRegistration.php" method = "GET">
	<br>
	To register to this website please enter your details below, then click 'Submit'.
	<br>
	<br>

	 	Enter username:  <input type = "text" id = "name_field" name = "name"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter password:  <input type = "password" id = "password_field" name = "password"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter address:   <input type = "text" id = "address_field" name = "address"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter postcode:   <input type = "text" id = "postcode_field" name = "postcode"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter Telephone Number:  <input type = "number" id = "telephone_field" name = "telephone"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter your handicap:   <input type = "number" id = "handicap_field" name = "handicap" value="none"/>   (If known)<br>
	 	<br>
	 	<br>
	 	<input type = "submit" VALUE = "Submit"/>
	</form>

if that helps

[davidhardie]

Ok sorted that problem. But is there a way i can hide the password in the url. The type of the input is hidden so it doesnt appear when typed. Just to make it more secure.

[spikeZ]

Use POST instead of GET as your form method.

[davidhardie]

Thanks but using POST instead of GET gives me blank values when i insert into my database for some reason. Is that the only way to hide the password? is there a simple way of encoding and decoding on arrival?

[spikeZ]

POST sould act the same as GET in the respect that it will pass the info to the next page by do it silently...

Therefore if you used the POST method in your form..

<form action = "SuccessfulRegistration.php" method = "POST">
	<br>
	To register to this website please enter your details below, then click 'Submit'.
	<br>
	<br>

	 	Enter username:  <input type = "text" id = "name_field" name = "name"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter password:  <input type = "password" id = "password_field" name = "password"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter address:   <input type = "text" id = "address_field" name = "address"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter postcode:   <input type = "text" id = "postcode_field" name = "postcode"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter Telephone Number:  <input type = "number" id = "telephone_field" name = "telephone"/><br>
	 	<br>
	 	Enter your handicap:   <input type = "number" id = "handicap_field" name = "handicap" value="none"/>   (If known)<br>
	 	<br>
	 	<br>
	 	<input type = "submit" VALUE = "Submit"/>
	</form>

On the next page use....

$name_field = $_POST['name_field'];
# etc..... 

Then use those variables in your insert statement.

See if that works.