| Re: Hopiing for some leads as to what may be wrong in this code [message #182249 is a reply to message #182248] |
Thu, 25 July 2013 03:04   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 7/24/2013 7:27 PM, Twayne wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a seemingly strange thing happening here. I have a contact form
> on one website that works perfectly and that same form with appropriate
> changes, results in an error message during a check of a random number
> (created with mt_rnd() ) on the other site. Both sites are located on
> the same remote servers.
>
> Win 7, PHP 5.3.5, XAMPP local server, standard Unix remote server:
>
> Please consider the following:
>
> Complete form consists of three .PHP pages; no HTML. Entry form, check
> page, mailto() page; pretty standard stuff in that way:
>
> ================
> WORKING CODE ON REMOTE SERVER:
>
> Setting the code on landing page:
> $_SESSION["d"] = $d;
> --------------------
>
> $code= $_POST["code"];
> if($_SESSION["d"] !== $code) {
> echo "<br />You did not enter the correct code: Script halted, ALL
> data destroyed.<br /> you'll have to go back to the website and start
> over.<br />";
> die("Script HALTED, data destroyed");
> session_destroy();
> exit();
> }
> RESULT:
> page throws no error either with local or remote server: Message is sent
> successfully.
>
> ===============================
>
> NON-WORKING CODE ON REMOTE SERVER BUT WORKS ON LOCAL HOST:
>
> Setting the code on previous page:
> $_SESSION["d"] = $d;
> ----------------------
> Page with problem:
> $code= $_POST["code"];
> if($_SESSION["d"] !== $code) {
> echo "<br />You did not enter the correct code: Script halted, ALL
> data destroyed.<br /> you'll have to go back to the website and start
> over.<br />";
> die("Script HALTED, data destroyed");
> session_destroy();
> exit();
> }
>
> RESULT:
> [Gets stuck on the second page of the form where PHP sanitize/validation
> happens; never makes it to last page with the mail() function]:
>
> using code : 487-535175 <----------- WHICH IS CORRECT CODE
> You did not enter the correct code: Script halted, ALL data destroyed.
> you'll have to go back to the website and start over.
> Script HALTED, data destroyed
> ================
>
> Can you spot any differences there? The local server throws NO error,
> notices or warnings. But the Remote Server stops cold on the second
> page, indicating the code is wrong. But it's not; I can see the code;
> it's correct. But it seems to never be seen as correct by my Remote
> Server while my Local Server accepts it perfectly.
>
> What really gets me is it works on one site and not the one I'm trying
> to perpetuate the code to. OH, and both sites are on the same Remote
> Servers at Netfirms.com. Separate accounts of course.
> I'm not using rewrites, no php changes on the Remote Server; both
> sites are on the same server.
> Any thoughts or ideas what I might be doing wrong or where else I
> should be looking?
>
> TIA,
>
> twayne`
Without posting the entire code, any answer would be just a guess.
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