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Wordpress site "looses" $_GET

I have two WordPress sites : one is misbehaving.
When I run the site locally on my dev machine with a hosts entry pointing the domain to the local version my payment gateway module works perfectly.
When I run the same site from its server (using the same domain name) - the $_GET array is empty - despite there being parameters in the URL.
Everything for the two installations is identical
This script works as expected - $_GET shows parameters

<pre>
<?php
print_r($_GET);
?>
</pre>

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If I place the following code into the site

file_put_contents("getlog.log", print_r($_GET, true), FILE_APPEND);

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On my local machine - it shows values
On hosting server - empty

Any known issues where some settings could result in WordPress not seeing the $_GET?

Ray Paseur

Just a guess - URL rewriting?
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Julian Hansen

ASKER

Both sites use URL rewriting - .htaccess redirects everything to index.php

Just the one site (local) sees the $_GET the other looses it.

The only difference between the two is the server the site is hosted on.

Going to compare a phpinfo dump of the two sites to see if there is anything obvious there but thought I would put it out there in case someone has come across this one before.

Dave Baldwin

For 'file_put_contents', you do have to have write permissions. http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-put-contents.php

Julian Hansen

ASKER

Yes - the file is being written just has

Array 
(
)

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Whereas on the other site I get

Array
(
    [crypt] => @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
)

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URL in both cases is identical - same domain same parameters - crypt value changes but that is because it is a different transaction.

Julian Hansen

ASKER

Just moved the site to another hosting provider (1and1) - problem went away - so it looks like Crazy Domains is doing something odd on their side.

1and1 is where we are trying to move from
CrazyDomains was selected as an option

Any good recommendations for a hosting provider for a primarily UK based online business?

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Ray Paseur

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Julian Hansen

ASKER

Thanks Ray,

A smaller list to deal with - I will pass it on as I am not in the driving seat on this one.

Julian Hansen

ASKER

Meant to give Ray points but seems it assigned him 0 - need to change that