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I received an email from a client saying they'd entered the minimum criteria on my booking form i.e. a contact number or email address but were receiving the following message:

Not transmitted
Error:
Please supply your Telephone number or Email address!

I had a look at the form using Dreamweaver plus tested the form online, I was baffled so decided to check the Freeola website to see if any changes had been made and was annoyed to find the following:

UPDATE 7/6/04

Following a security upgrade, a change has been made to our PHP configuration to switch register_globals OFF. This basically means that statements such as:


echo $my_variable_name;


will no longer function correctly. There is a simple resolution to this problem in the form of some code that should be inserted into the top of your page. Here are some examples:

If the variable you are trying to access is passed via the URL string:


$my_variable_name=$_GET["my_variable_name"];


If the variable you are trying to access is passed via a form post operation:


$my_variable_name=$_POST["my_variable_name"];


If the variable you are trying to access is a server environment variable:


$my_variable_name=$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];



The code in my form is:

if ($tel == "" && $email == "")
{
echo "Not transmitted";
echo "
Error:
Please supply your Telephone number or Email address!
Click on the BACK button on your browser to return to the form";
}
else
{
echo "Successfully transmitted

";

I can't figure this out, what do I change here:

################# CHECKING IP ADRESS ###########
echo "";
?>

I think I found a thread which helps:

http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages. php?threadid=103196&forumid=206

remove spaces before php?

Thanks to Nimco "Hercules" for the following:

If you're feeling lazy (this way isn't as secure) then this method allows you to very easily modify an entire script to work with register_globals set to off. Just copy and paste at the top of each page:


// Apply to other arrays simply by replacing the first argument of the 'foreach()' function with the array name.

foreach($_GET as $a=>$b){$$a=$b;} // $_GET
foreach($_POST as $a=>$b){$$a=$b;} // $_POST

?>

rest of message:

Can someone tell me how to change the code so it's now correct. I'm obviously furious if this is the reason for losing business, I operate 4 websites with Freeola and will write to them regarding this matter!

I received an email from a client saying they'd entered the minimum criteria on my booking form i.e. a contact number or email address but were receiving the following message:

Not transmitted
Error:
Please supply your Telephone number or Email address!

I had a look at the form using Dreamweaver plus tested the form online, I was baffled so decided to check the Freeola website to see if any changes had been made and was annoyed to find the following:

UPDATE 7/6/04

Following a security upgrade, a change has been made to our PHP configuration to switch register_globals OFF. This basically means that statements such as:


echo $my_variable_name;


will no longer function correctly. There is a simple resolution to this problem in the form of some code that should be inserted into the top of your page. Here are some examples:

If the variable you are trying to access is passed via the URL string:


$my_variable_name=$_GET["my_variable_name"];


If the variable you are trying to access is passed via a form post operation:


$my_variable_name=$_POST["my_variable_name"];


If the variable you are trying to access is a server environment variable:


$my_variable_name=$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];



The code in my form is:

if ($tel == "" && $email == "")
{
echo "Not transmitted";
echo "
Error:
Please supply your Telephone number or Email address!
Click on the BACK button on your browser to return to the form";
}
else
{
echo "Successfully transmitted

";