URL variables aren't seen by destination page

[GraffitiGuy]

Background: I have fully functioning PHP scripts running on an H-Sphere/Linux server. The scripts pass variables in the URL. They also access include files (MySQL passwords, etc.) residing outside of the public html directory. Everything runs great.

I am now migrating the scripts to a Plesk/Linux server. My first error encountered was as follows:

Warning: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(../pertinent.inc) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs:/tmp) in /home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 78

That error was fixed by including the following line in the vhost.conf file:

<Directory /home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs>
php_admin_value open_basedir "/"
</Directory>

Now the scripts function except for one crucial failing: none of the variables passed in the URL make it to the destination page. They are still shown in the URL once the destination page is loaded, but the new page doesn't see them. Can anyone please tell me why this is and how to fix it?

[Webforumz Staff]

Look into the register_globals setting in php.ini, you probably need to turn it on but there are some security issues with that.

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ini.cor...gister-globals

[Webforumz Staff]

Are you simply using the variable name in the destination PHP script, or are you getting that variable properly?

eg:

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$HTTP_GET_VARS['var'];

where var is the variable you want to get.