$php_self

[DeNasio]

Anyone else noticed that you cannot use

<FORM ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" METHOD="POST">

in Netsape? With IE it works fine, the script just calls itself, but with Nescape I get the following error message:

"Method Not Allowed

The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /index.html."

[atem451]

I recognized that as well, and I dont understand it.
I get around it with simply always reading the value of $PHP_SELF in an variable first.
Can anybody explain this?

[=X¥®µ§=]

I actually don't have that problem. I used netscape6 to test it...maybe you use 4.7 (wich causes troubles on about everything you do)?
otherwhise you could try this:
<form method="post" action="<?php print($PHP_SELF); ?>">
instead of yours...although I doubt it would do anything else, since it should do the same...

you prolly tested it on 4.7...I hate that browser...

[Skunk]

That doesn't make any sense at all. PHP does things at the server side - it shouldn't affect the client in any way. In this case the HTML sent to the browser should look like this:

<form method="post" action="script.php">

Nothing wrong with that at all. The error message you are getting suggests that you are trying to post to an .html file rather than a .php file - unless your server is set up to accept posts to html file (most aren't) it will result in that error.

[sifuhall]

Make sure you don't accidentally have a space before $PHP_SELF.

For example, in the html it would look like this . . .

<form method="post" action=" index.php">

This would also cause the "Method Not Allowed" error.

[creole]

agreed, this has nothing to do with Netscape OR IE. It's a server side thing.

[New Oddity]

The $PHP_SELF variable seems to have a case sensitive identifier. Try putting $PHP_SELF instead $php_self...

[cokeman]

Originally posted by DeNasio
Anyone else noticed that you cannot use

<FORM ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" METHOD="POST">

in Netsape? With IE it works fine, the script just calls itself, but with Nescape I get the following error message:

"Method Not Allowed

The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /index.html."

Are you echoing that line in a function? If so, you need to declare $PHP_SELF as global. If you don't, $PHP_SELF is undeclared and the line that gets sent is:

<form action="" method="post">

IE's default behavior for a blank action is to send the form data to the same page. Netscape chokes with the "method not allowed" error.

[=X¥®µ§=]

if this is true then PHP isn't browser independent...damn

[Anarchos]

PHP is entirely browser independent. The only difference is how IE and NS handle poorly coded HTML. It's like saying that PHP causes problems in Netscape because you ouput bad table tags. jeez.

[=X¥®µ§=]

if with the same php code 2 different browsers give a different result, then I think it's not browser independent...
no matter what it caused

[Anarchos]

Whatever..

[=X¥®µ§=]

yes I see your point, it's indeed causes by html and not the php
sorry for being a p.i.t.a.

[freddydoesphp]

IE will default to the same page if no action is given, thus if you used $php_self and not $PHP_SELF IE would work okay and Netscape would break.

[DeNasio]

Are you echoing that line in a function?

Yep, I think that's it! I'm using it in a function! Thanks!