Re: PHP 4.0.7

What about HTTP_SESSION_VARS ?? Was it forgotten or is someone going to make it behave the same way too? I did this already..and then I scrapped it 'cause I thought it didn't work..and now I see it did. Unfortunately I already threw those changes away... :( I need to sleep.. --Jani On Wed, 8 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. > >Zeev > > >