RE: [PHP-DEV] Request for new feature: $HTTP_SESSION_VARS when register_globals = on

From: Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:51:27 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Request for new feature: $HTTP_SESSION_VARS when register_globals = on
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+1 -Chris -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Feldman [mailto:alex@zend.com] Sent: Thursday, 05 April, 2001 1-44 pM To: Carsten Gehling Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for new feature: $HTTP_SESSION_VARS when register_globals = on This makes sense. The behaviour quoted below creates difficulties when writing portable scripts (not to depend on the value of register_globals). Rgds: -- Alex On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Carsten Gehling wrote: > One of the IMHO stranger behaviors in PHP is what happens to the > $HTTP_SESSION_VARS array when changing register_globals from off to on. > > If register_globals is set to on, you cannot access $HTTP_SESSION_VARS any > longer. Instead you can get the values through implicit created variables or > through the $GLOBALS array. > > Now compare this to $HTTP_GET_VARS and $HTTP_POST_VARS. Both of these arrays > are available regardless of what register_globals is set to. > > Shouldn't it be the same for $HTTP_SESSION_VARS ? > > - Carsten > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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