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I have this code:

<body>
<?php
// load config file
include("dbconfig.php");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE newsid='$newsid' ",$connect); 
while($myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) 
{
echo "Title: <h1>";
echo $myrow['title'];
echo "</h1><br><br> Teaser: ";
echo $myrow['text1'];
echo "<br><hr>";
echo "On: <i>";
echo $myrow['dtime'];
echo "</i><hr align=left width=160><br><br>";


}

?>

This is the code that is executed when I hit read more on my news feed. But when it select for example newsid=5 it returns with a blank page.

Please help.


</body>
</html>

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It seems like you are used to working with PHP and register_globals being turned on. This has been off by default in PHP 4.x versions + due to the security vulnerabilities it creates.

 

Try something like this and see if it works:

<?php
// load config file
include("dbconfig.php");

$newsid = isset($_GET['newsid'])?(int) $_GET['newsid']:0;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE newsid='$newsid' ",$connect); 
while($myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) 

 

Basically it checks if newsid was passed in. If it was it converts it to an INT to avoid a possible sql injection. If not it passes 0, you can do error checks etc here if you would like, but should give you a basic structure.

 

The ? : are the ternary operator which acts as a shortened else / if incase you were wondering.

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