RE: [PHP-DB] register_globals=on

On Mon, 26 May 2003, Peter Lovatt wrote: > Always code using $_GET, $_POST etc - its more secure and better practice. > > neat bit of code from the php site which converts older versions of php to > the new standard > > if (!isset($_SERVER)) > { > $_GET = &$HTTP_GET_VARS; > $_POST = &$HTTP_POST_VARS; > $_ENV = &$HTTP_ENV_VARS; > $_SERVER = &$HTTP_SERVER_VARS; > $_COOKIE = &$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS; > $_REQUEST = array_merge($_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE); > $_FILES = &$HTTP_POST_FILES; > > } > > You will find an explanation on php.net at That's a rather bad way of doing things. I leave "S" out of my variabes_order for performance reasons, for example. So I am not going to have $_SERVER set and that doesn't tell you anything about my php version. -Rasmus