Re: converting scripts for register_globals=Off

Since I have a thing for using one file for all things in i.e. an admin script, I use POST and GET variables at the same time. Getting them mixed up is extremely hazardous.. I do stuff like: <a href="admin.php?action=delete&id=2">Delete post</a> which leads to the section of the admin script; <?php if ($_GET['action'] == "delete" && $_GET['id']) { // lots of PHP doing lots of stuff } else { // the link } ?> Now, if there's a POST variable named ID containing an INT matching the database, and I use $_REQUEST instead of $_GET, I'm in trouble! Mike On Apr 29, 2004, at 11:00, Ignatius Reilly wrote:

even better: $_REQUEST['variable_name'] so that you don't have to bother checking both depending on whether your form was GETted or POSTed. _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikael Grön" <emgee@cwazy.co.uk> To: "Kim Jacobs (Crooks) - Mweb" <KJacobs@mweb.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] converting scripts for register_globals=Off What register_globals does (Please correct me if I'm wrong) is convert i.e. $_POST['variable_name'], $_GET['variable_name'] and so on to $variable_name. which isn't very good from my point of view. I suggest you make sure you use $_GET['your_variable'] when ever you're fetching a GET variable, $_POST['var'] for all post variables and so on, instead of what you're doing now. This works just fine with register_globals = On as well, so I always use it... to be safe.. Mike On Apr 29, 2004, at 10:40, Kim Jacobs (Crooks) - Mweb wrote:

if any of you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it... I am an absolute beginner to php (2 weeks now) and dont know what I dont know... I have written some scripts to access my online SQL db and I've tested the scripts on my machine with PHP 4.3.6 and register_globals = On Now where I host my site, uses PHP 4.3.5 and has register_globals = Off which means of course, that my scripts arent working, but I dont know why.... My question is, how do I convert my scripts so that they will work please? I know that $id and $submit are two of the 'inputs' that it doesnt like, but I dont know the rest Tx K MWEB: S.A.'s most trusted and reliable Internet Service Provider. Just Like That. To join, go to: http://join.mweb.co.za or call 0860032000. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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