Most likely register_globals is set to off - take a look in /etc/php.ini and find register_globals - set it to on and restart apache, you should find it works then. note that this is set off as a security feature, so you may want to look into how to change a script so that it doesn't require register_globals to be on. > At 14:15 3/16/2004, you wrote: > >Ok today I downloaded a news script to post on my page I extracted it and > >I ran the install. > >It asked for a username and a password so I filled that out and hit the > >install button. > >Problem is the page just refreshes and clears all the filled out forms, > >that's it. > >I'm really stuck at this > > I can't help you since I'm not expert at PHP. But I *can* suggest to you > that no one else is likely to be able to help you either unless you provide > some information, any information at all, about: > > * which script you downloaded > * where to find that script > * what other steps you took > * which user you gave it > * whether the file/dir permissions are properly set > * if you've made any changes to your config (if so, what) > * any errors reported on the page or in any logfile > > You have provided NOTHING with which to help you, and no one is a > mindreader. All we have is "my script doesn't work, I'm stuck." Well... my > car's air conditioning is broken, can you tell me what's wrong with it? > > Good luck, > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.simpaticus.com >
