Bug #17625 Updated: Postet Vars are always set, even if not containing any data

ID: 17625 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: nilsheuer@gmx.de -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Open BSD PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php Thank you for your interest in PHP. Not going to change. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-06 08:43:41] nilsheuer@gmx.de Just updated to php 4.2.1 a week ago (former version php 4.0.4). For backward compatibility, turned register_globals on. Now, after sending a form (method=post) with empty fields, their corresponding vars are created. That doesnot make any sense to me, since they dont contain any date. IMO php 4.0.4 was right, not to create them. The Problem is this: after posting, users normally write something like if(isset($my_posted_var)) { //true, only if $my_posted_vars has a value ... } Now, users must do the following if(!empty($my_posted_var)) and so on. Why initialising empty vars? This looks like overhead to me. And, i dont want to rewrite my whole scripts, if it is a bug and not a feature. Best regards Nila ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17625&edit=1