Re: PHP 4.0.7

On Wed, 08 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > As those of you who are subscribed to php-cvs may have noticed, Andi and I > implemented today the functionality I suggested to replace register_globals: > > - $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_FILES, $_ENV and $_SERVER replace $HTTP_*_VARS > (the old vars still remain for downwards compatibility) > - The new variables are auto-globals - they're available in all function > contexts - there's no need to import them using the 'global' statement or > reference them using $GLOBALS. > - $_REQUEST (this name might change) - includes the data from $_GET, > $_POST, $_COOKIE and $_FILES, all in one array, for those users who don't > really care to differentiate between the various types of input. > > This change was my last major TODO item for PHP 4.0.7. At this point, we > should try to get PHP 4.0.7 out the door soon. I suggest we branch 4.0.7 > away next Tuesday, and start the QA process. This should give people > enough time to make any final changes they want to put into 4.0.7. > > One other idea I'd like to pitch is releasing 4.0.7 and 4.1.0 > simultaneously, with the only difference between them being the default > value for register_globals. This would create lots of noise and encourage > people to start actually using the new $_GET&friends features, which can > otherwise go unnoticed. What about the import_globals() function that Rasmus suggested? If we turn off register_globals in 4.1, then we'd better have that function ready. -Andrei * Programming is an art form that fights back. *