Update

Greg K — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:24:24 +0000

I contacted the hosting comapny regarding this. Here is their reply:

Quote: This will be scripting issue and we don't provide support fot scripting issues.

Yet on their website they list PHP as one of the features they offer and that they offer "24x7x365 Live Support by the [name removed] team of experienced professionals."

And i still have not gotten a reply back from another e-mail sent 2 days ago....

I tell you i'm half tempted to post the hosting company's name here, but since it is work related, I shouldn't.

-Greg

Greg K — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:54:57 +0000

I still need to stick with what I got as the possibility of text areas including new lines as well. (see my example filled out form and how the server gives it to me)

-Greg

pr0gr4mm3r — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:51:39 +0000

If the new line is a problem, run something like this.

<?php
if (isset($GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA']) && !count($_POST))
{
    $data = str_replace(\"\n\", '&', $GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA']);
    parse_str($data  , $_POST);
}
?>

Whether it's a bug or not, that should work as a workaround.

Quote: Not sure if that is the issue... even if that is the problem amazing that a hosting company wouldn't have info on their site about it....

"You get what you pay for."

Greg K — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:14:15 +0000

Not sure if that is the issue... even if that is the problem amazing that a hosting company wouldn't have info on their site about it....

The fix you gave depends on a string being like a query string var1=data1&var2data2&var3=data3 however that is not the case I have. It takes each item and places it on a newline...

Very strange....

-Greg

pr0gr4mm3r — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:25:49 +0000

You are most likely getting errors from setting values in your .htaccess file because your host has PHP compiled as a CGI module and not an Apache module. You may be able to change the PHP settings by having a local php.ini file depending if your host has it enabled.

I don't see anywhere in my php.ini file where I can enable/disable the $_POST variable. By looking at this page, it looks like it could be a bug with your version. Here is a possible workaround for that bug if that's what it is:

<?php
if (isset($GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA']) && !count($_POST))
  parse_str($GLOBALS['HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA']  , $_POST);
?>