Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-pstamp-20260421/pstamp/web/findskycell.php
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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-pstamp-20260421/pstamp/web/findskycell.php	(revision 43005)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-pstamp-20260421/pstamp/web/findskycell.php	(revision 43006)
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?php // upload.php
 
-// get the locatl configuration variables
+// get the local configuration variables
 require "pstamp.php";
-// require "submitted.php";
-
 
 $user = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
@@ -32,7 +30,17 @@
 $rvar_dec = "";
 $rvar_user_tess_id = "";
-import_request_variables("p", "rvar_");
+
+// EAM: modern PHP has deprecated the function import_request_variables
+// I have created a wrapper function to filter_input to replace
+
+$rvar_ra              = request_var ('ra', FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT);
+$rvar_dec             = request_var ('dec', FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT);
+
+$rvar_tess_id         = request_var ('tess_id',      FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
+$rvar_skycell_id      = request_var ('skycell_',     FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
+$rvar_user_tess_id    = request_var ('user_tess_id', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
 
 $error_string = "";
+$command = "";
 
 if (strcmp($rvar_ra, "") && strcmp($rvar_dec, "")) {