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Form Generator Message Problem and How To Fix?

by Michele Miller
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Hi All,

I'm using an old form generator script by Joel Holtzman which has done the job very well on my html sites for years. I'm now noticing an error warning underneath the form, even though the forms are still working.

The thing is, I have no idea how to fix this issue, and Joel's website URL
that I have is no longer in service - problemsolvingcode.com.

Would anybody here have either:

A.) An easy solution to this issue, or,
B.) Can you recommend another form script I could purchase to do the job?

I really need to have a form with the CAPTCHA feature to stop the spammers, like the one I'm using from Joel.

The reason I'd like to fix the issue, even though the form works, is because it might be off-putting to people to fill out the CONTACT US form for fear that it doesn't work properly.

Here is the error/warning message at the bottom of the form:

Warning: Unknown: Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session extension does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to off, respectively in Unknown on line 0

That is as clear as mud to me.

Thanks.
#fix #form #generator #message #problem
  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
    Hi Michele,

    The reason you are getting that error message is because the script is using an outdated feature of php. If you don't want to use a newer script, then here is a quick fix that should turn the error messages off...

    1) Create a new plain text file, and inside it put this:

    session.bug_compat_42 = 1
    session.bug_compat_warn = 0

    2) Now save the file and upload it via FTP to the "public_html" directory of your server (or whatever directory your script is installed in).

    3) Now right-click on that file and change its name from "New Text Document.txt" to "php.ini".

    That should do the trick.
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