Okay; so all is well.
I installed (and tested "successfully") PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin.
But here's what happened:
While working with forms and php:
about.html <form action="handle_about.php" method="post">
<fieldset><legend>Enter Your Information In The Form Below:</legend>
<p><b>Name:</b> <input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Interests:</b>
<input type="checkbox" name="interests[]" value="Music" /> Music
<input type="checkbox" name="interests[]" value="Movies" /> Movies
<input type="checkbox" name="interests[]" value="Books" /> Books
<input type="checkbox" name="interests[]" value="Skiing" /> Skiing
<input type="checkbox" name="interests[]" value="Napping" /> Napping
</p>
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Submit Information" />
</form>
handle_about.php <?php
// Check $name and strip any slashes:
if (strlen($name) > 0) {
$name = stripslashes($name);
} else { // If no name was entered...
$name = NULL;
echo '<p><b>You forgot to enter your name!</b></p>';
}
// Check $interests[]
if (isset($interests)) {
$ints = NULL; // New message to be used.
foreach ($interests as $key => $value) { //Loop through each.
$ints .= "$value, ";
}
$ints = substr($ints, 0, -2); // Cut off the las comma-space.
$interests = TRUE;
} else {
$interests = NULL;
echo '<p><b>You forgot to enter your interests!</b></p>';
}
// If everything was filled out, print the message.
if ($name && $interests) {
echo "Thank you, <b>$name</b>. You entered your enterests as: <br /><tt>$ints</tt></p>";
}
?>
The problem arises when I go to test out the pages. I enter the info in and check the boxes (on my computer) and click go. As if the script completely skips the if part and goes right to else and tells me "Blah, blah, no name, blah, blah, blah" and same for interests.
But on other server (my website's), it works perfectly.
Now; it will be hard to help me with this problem. But please. What do I need to have enabled (in the php.ini file) or disabled to get the script to work? I'm not sure if that's going to solve it.
I have register_globals ON, by the way.