PHP Configuration Problems

[Mark]

Hi

I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs webserver
using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.

I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can access
these sites without being connected to the internet.

I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are running
on the laptop with IIS5.1.

However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs webserver
on the LOCALHOST...

$logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
$logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];

Throws up the following error messages...

Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line 3

What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???

TIA

Mark

[Mark]

Hi

I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs webserver
using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.

I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can access
these sites without being connected to the internet.

I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are running
on the laptop with IIS5.1.

However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs webserver
on the LOCALHOST...

$logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
$logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];

Throws up the following error messages...

Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line 3

What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???

TIA

Mark

[Tomislav Petrovic]

If this is bad or not is a matter of taste....
I usually try to avoid warnings and notices in my code
which sometimes can result in few lines of code more
but at least I know exactly what is going on.

What is different is that your localhost is set to display
notices and warnings while your ISP is not...

Check your php.ini directive error_reporting.

Tomy.

Mark wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs
> webserver using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.
>
> I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can
> access these sites without being connected to the internet.
>
> I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are
> running on the laptop with IIS5.1.
>
> However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs
> webserver on the LOCALHOST...
>
> $logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
> $logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];
>
> Throws up the following error messages...
>
> Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
> Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line
> 3
>
> What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???
>
> TIA
>
> Mark

[Tomislav Petrovic]

If this is bad or not is a matter of taste....
I usually try to avoid warnings and notices in my code
which sometimes can result in few lines of code more
but at least I know exactly what is going on.

What is different is that your localhost is set to display
notices and warnings while your ISP is not...

Check your php.ini directive error_reporting.

Tomy.

Mark wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs
> webserver using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.
>
> I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can
> access these sites without being connected to the internet.
>
> I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are
> running on the laptop with IIS5.1.
>
> However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs
> webserver on the LOCALHOST...
>
> $logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
> $logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];
>
> Throws up the following error messages...
>
> Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
> Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line
> 3
>
> What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???
>
> TIA
>
> Mark

[Mark]

Thanks for your reply Tomy

This solved many of my problems.

I also had to set register_globals to ON to get the site working properly.

I hadn't realised my code was so sloppy

Thanks again

Mark


"Tomislav Petrovic" <t.petrovic@inet.hr> wrote in message
news:bpfbn6$msn$1@brown.net4u.hr...

> If this is bad or not is a matter of taste....
> I usually try to avoid warnings and notices in my code
> which sometimes can result in few lines of code more
> but at least I know exactly what is going on.
>
> What is different is that your localhost is set to display
> notices and warnings while your ISP is not...
>
> Check your php.ini directive error_reporting.
>
> Tomy.
>
> Mark wrote:

> > Hi
> >
> > I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs
> > webserver using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.
> >
> > I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can
> > access these sites without being connected to the internet.
> >
> > I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are
> > running on the laptop with IIS5.1.
> >
> > However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs
> > webserver on the LOCALHOST...
> >
> > $logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
> > $logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];
> >
> > Throws up the following error messages...
> >
> > Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
> > Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line
> > 3
> >
> > What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Mark

>
>

[Mark]

Thanks for your reply Tomy

This solved many of my problems.

I also had to set register_globals to ON to get the site working properly.

I hadn't realised my code was so sloppy

Thanks again

Mark


"Tomislav Petrovic" <t.petrovic@inet.hr> wrote in message
news:bpfbn6$msn$1@brown.net4u.hr...

> If this is bad or not is a matter of taste....
> I usually try to avoid warnings and notices in my code
> which sometimes can result in few lines of code more
> but at least I know exactly what is going on.
>
> What is different is that your localhost is set to display
> notices and warnings while your ISP is not...
>
> Check your php.ini directive error_reporting.
>
> Tomy.
>
> Mark wrote:

> > Hi
> >
> > I have been successfully running db driven websites on my ISPs
> > webserver using PHP Version 4.2.3.for a while now.
> >
> > I am now experimenting with running mysql/php on my lap-top so I can
> > access these sites without being connected to the internet.
> >
> > I have downloaded the latest binaries for MySQL and PHP and they are
> > running on the laptop with IIS5.1.
> >
> > However, when I use the code that was running correctly on my ISPs
> > webserver on the LOCALHOST...
> >
> > $logged_on_member_id=$_SESSION['s_member_id'];
> > $logged_on_member_name=$_SESSION['s_member_name'];
> >
> > Throws up the following error messages...
> >
> > Notice: Undefined index: s_member_id in membervariables.php on line 2
> > Notice: Undefined index: s_member_name in membervariables.php on line
> > 3
> >
> > What have I done differently/incorrectly/badly???
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Mark

>
>

[Tomislav Petrovic]

Mark wrote:

> Thanks for your reply Tomy
> This solved many of my problems.

No problem.

> I also had to set register_globals to ON to get the site working
> properly.

I'd advice against it since it defaults to OFF in new PHP versions
and ISPs shall probably tend to leave it that way in future.

Moreover global variables are a BIG NO NO in any structured programing
language :). Yes, maybe, also a matter of taste :).

Tomy.

[Tomislav Petrovic]

Mark wrote:

> Thanks for your reply Tomy
> This solved many of my problems.

No problem.

> I also had to set register_globals to ON to get the site working
> properly.

I'd advice against it since it defaults to OFF in new PHP versions
and ISPs shall probably tend to leave it that way in future.

Moreover global variables are a BIG NO NO in any structured programing
language :). Yes, maybe, also a matter of taste :).

Tomy.