Re: gpc_order and track_vars

Andrei Zmievski writes: > On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Lars Torben Wilson wrote: > > > > > > I've been having a discussion with one fellow regarding variables from > > outside PHP. What came up boils down to the fact that there is > > presently no way to keep incoming get, post, or cookie data from being > > placed into the global symbol table without also preventing them from > > being placed into $HTTP_*_VARS. i.e. setting 'gpc_order = gpc' and > > 'track_vars = on' incorporates incoming data into both the symbol > > table and $HTTP_*_VARS, but setting 'gpc_order = ' and 'track_vars > > = on' means that no incoming variables can be accessed at all. > > > > It has been suggested that a way to allow the $HTTP_*_VARS arrays to > > be filled, but not the global symbol table, would be good for forcing > > programmers to know where the data is coming from. > > > > Anybody have any thoughts on this? > > I think there is gpc_globals directive that does this now. > > -Andrei > * I don't mind going nowhere as long as it's an interesting path. * How right you are. :) Only in PHP4 for the nonce, but it seems to work as advertised. Thanks for the note. Torben