Bug #18005: $_GET, $_POST etc need clarifying in PHP manual

From: cs1spw@bath.ac.uk Operating system: PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: $_GET, $_POST etc need clarifying in PHP manual At the moment the new superglobals are detailed in the manual but the information is quite well hidden, and many manual pages still refer to $HTTP_*_VARS as a preferable way of accessing variables. This page in particular needs changing: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18005&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18005&r=globals