HTTP Error 500 when running php scripts

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I am running a PHP page and as soon as I introduce calls like this: $_GET('') then everything goes wrong and I get an error 500.

This code goes not work:

    echo $_GET('username');
    echo $_GET('password');

?>

This code does:

<?php

    phpinfo();

?>

$_GET is not a function, it's an array. Back to the beginners manual you.... :) — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented Jun 12, 2011 at 23:10

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-12 23:10:48Z

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The above code has syntax errors - you need to use square brackets.

The web server's error logs will show you those errors if you have access to them.

answered Jun 12, 2011 at 23:10

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Sander · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-12 23:13:44Z

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Use this:

echo "Username: ".$_GET['username']."<br />Password: ".$_GET['password'];

Since $_GET is a array and not a function, you need to use [square brackets] instead of (normal brackets) to retrieve the data out of a array.

answered Jun 12, 2011 at 23:13

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rzetterberg · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-12 23:10:36Z

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To figure out what the problem is you need to turn on php error reporting. You do this by running this the first thing you do in your php-file:

ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

E_ALL means the interpreter will show you errors, warnings and notices. After that, everything will be pretty obvious since php will tell you what went wrong.

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