ID: 16155
Updated by: rlm@pricegrabber.com
-Summary: track_vars doesn't work unless register_globals is
also set
Reported By: rlm@pricegrabber.com
Status: Open
Bug Type: PHP options/info functions
Operating System: RH 7.2
PHP Version: 4.1.2
New Comment:
To clarify:
1) There is no reason why variables_order should have any effect
whatsoever on whether _GET, _POST, _COOKIE, or HTTP_*_VARS are set.
Ever. Read the documentation on track_vars for why, but it certainly
says they can be found WITHOUT mentioning any side effects of
variables_order. At the very least, this is a documentation bug. At
worst (and in reality) this is a violation of the "principle of least
surprise"; that is, when does "can be found" not mean "can be found"?
What possible use could a programmer have for disabling EGPCS variable
parsing to the extent of disabling _GET, _POST, etc.?
2) Even allowing for all the above, this should all work if the
directives are in Apache. It doesn't.
Previous Comments:
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[2002-03-19 10:19:40] rlm@pricegrabber.com
No, it is a bug. The problem is that if the configuration data comes
from Apache rather than /etc/php.ini, the tracking variables aren't
initialized correctly as described.
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[2002-03-19 04:19:24] sander@php.net
So it was not a bug, but a configuration problem.
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[2002-03-18 23:27:16] rlm@pricegrabber.com
Ah, I think I understand maybe why you can't replicate this. In my
/etc/httpd/conf/include.d directory (the entire dir is parsed by Apache
on startup), I have a file that has the following lines in it, in the
order following:
php_value variables_order "es"
php_flag register_globals Off
Remove the file containing these lines, and it works. Install the file
containing these lines, and it fails.
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[2002-03-18 23:14:35] rlm@pricegrabber.com
Maybe this should be registered against the RedHat distribution? It's
100% consistent for me.
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[2002-03-18 23:03:06] rasmus@php.net
Uh, can anybody reproduce this? I certainly can't. HTTP_*_VARS are
definitely on for me regardless of the register_globals setting. I
suspect user error here.
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