FW: [PHP-DEV] _SERVER & HTTP_SERVER_VARS

Hi there, $_* arrays are a copy of the long GLOBAL vars. So $_SERVER is a copy of $HTTP_SERVER_VARS or is a reference? Best regards, Emanuel Dejanu -----Original Message----- From: derick@php.net [mailto:derick@php.net] Sent: 5 decembrie 2001 08:31 To: Prottoss Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] _SERVER & HTTP_SERVER_VARS Hello, The new $_* arrays are also superglobals, ie. you don't need to define them as 'global $HTTP_POST_VARS;' in your functions. The $_* arrays can be used everywhere. Derick On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Prottoss wrote: > I've recently installed php 4.1.0RC5 on a test system and while testing the > build came across an interesting fact. > > It would appear that the new PHP creates an identical copy of every system > generated global array, for example _SERVER & HTTP_SERVER_VARS or _COOKIE & > HTTP_COOKIE_VARS. > Is there a reason why those were created twice? > > The phpinfo() appears to be using the new format of global arrays, which > start with _, does this mean the long global array names will be phased out > in the near future? > > Regards, > > > -- > Prottoss > webmaster@mediaminer.org > ICQ: 23361082 > http://mediaminer.org/ > > -- > 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