Losing POST form variables

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bitao
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Losing POST form variables

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I'm using POST form for some customer info and when I submit it (SSL enabled) and have a php script print out the result, 1 out of 20 times the form variables does not get printed. Basically the form variables are lost. Have anyone seen this happen before? Or maybe this isn't a php issue and more of a server issue? Thanks.
Goowe
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Post by Goowe »

Sounds odd :? I've never had it happen to me before... perhaps someone else has an answer for you. Good luck!
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Post by magicrobotmonkey »

weird
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Post by Fjook »

Hi bitao;
This is indeed an odd problem, but my guess (notice its a guess, not 100% sure) is that its either a server problem or a client problem. I don't think PHP actually moves the POST data anywhere, the server does, PHP simply recieves it and processes it (it does not send it, the browser does).

Anyway, I searched on the net a little, and I found a link to another forum (I think this is ok, since I didnt see any rules against it), here it is:
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151287

Are you using IE, because it seems that other people are having trouble too, here's another useful link:
http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.6/ssl_faq.html#io-ie

Hope this is helpful,
Fjook[/url]
bitao
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Post by bitao »

Thank you very much Fjook. I am using IE and it seems like this may be the problem I'm having. Thanks for the links.
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