why is the $_POST variable empty?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get the code found at http://www.inventory-management.org/
up and running. So far I've created the database, edited the
configuration files to include the database information, renamed the
fputcsv function to f_put_csv. I'm trying to log into the page by
using the suggested user/pass of admin/test. However, I can see by
placing var_dump($_POST) at the top of index.php, that when I submit
the form no data is in the $_POST array?!

When the action is changed to GET, the appropriate variables appear in
the GET array?!

I thought it may have something to do with the configuration of the
web server, but creating a running a test PHP script that posts a
variable to itself shows that variables, from this script, are being
posted.

Does anyone have any ideas of what may be going wrong?

Thanks

Taras

Re: why is the $_POST variable empty?

"Taras_96" wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to get the code found at http://www.inventory-management.org/
> up and running. So far I've created the database, edited the
> configuration files to include the database information, renamed the
> fputcsv function to f_put_csv. I'm trying to log into the page by
> using the suggested user/pass of admin/test. However, I can see by
> placing var_dump($_POST) at the top of index.php, that when I submit
> the form no data is in the $_POST array?!
>
> When the action is changed to GET, the appropriate variables appear in
> the GET array?!

I hope you meant to say METHOD rather than ACTION.

If you changed the ACTION string, your problem is clear.

> I thought it may have something to do with the configuration of the
> web server, but creating a running a test PHP script that posts a
> variable to itself shows that variables, from this script, are being
> posted.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of what may be going wrong?

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Re: why is the $_POST variable empty?

>
> I hope you meant to say METHOD rather than ACTION.
>
> If you changed the ACTION string, your problem is clear.
>
Yes, sorry, I meant METHOD :*)