php style switcher help!

[jackson65]

Hello,

I have a simple style switcher on my website which worked nicely.

My hosting company have switched to php5 and now the style switcher no longer works.

 

the code is from the A List Apart website:

 

<?php

setcookie ('sitestyle', $set, time()+31536000,

'/','my domain', '0');

header("Location: $HTTP_REFERER");

?>

 

 

 

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"

media="screen" title="User

Defined Style" href="<?php echo

(!$sitestyle)?'defaultstyle':$sitestyle ?>.css" />

 

 

Is there a way to make this code "php5 compatible"?

 

Many thanks to anyone who offers a suggestion.

 

 

 

Merry Christmas to everyone on the forum.

[r-it]

<?php

setcookie ('sitestyle', $set, time()+31536000,

'/','my domain', '0');

header("Location: $HTTP_REFERER");

exit;

?>

[jackson65]

<?php

setcookie ('sitestyle', $set, time()+31536000,

'/','my domain', '0');

header("Location: $HTTP_REFERER");

exit;

?>

 

 

SO, by replicating the code, are you saying that it should work with php5? 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The code does need the exit; statement to prevent the rest of the code from being executed and output while the browser executes the redirect, but that is not the real problem.

 

The code is dependent on register_globals being on and is not php5 problem.

 

$HTTP_REFERER only exists when register_globals are on (check your web server log file for an undefined notice or warning message about $HTTP_REFERER)

 

Change the line to -

 

header("Location: {$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']}");

[jackson65]

The code does need the exit; statement to prevent the rest of the code from being executed and output while the browser executes the redirect, but that is not the real problem.

 

The code is dependent on register_globals being on and is not php5 problem.

 

$HTTP_REFERER only exists when register_globals are on (check your web server log file for an undefined notice or warning message about $HTTP_REFERER)

 

Change the line to -

 

header("Location: {$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']}");

 

Thanks  r-it & PFMaBiSmAd.

 

I changed the .htaccess file to have register_globals on and that did the trick!

 

So I guess php5 has register_globals off by default or else the hosting company has them off for security reasons??

 

I also changed my code to reflect the suggestions offered, but that didn't work!?

 

When I went back to my original code, it worked!?

 

Thanks for your help....I can go out and have some beers now!  CHEERS!