Bug #11833 Updated: Unsufficient docs

ID: 11833 Updated by: imajes Reported By: M.Izydorski@rubikon.pl Old Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: any PHP Version: 4.0.6 Assigned To: danbeck New Comment: No feedback. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-03 10:28:12] danbeck@php.net Assigning this to myself. (I must love the pain...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-02 10:21:56] danbeck@php.net It's very hard to understand what you are saying... please forgive us if we don't quite get your point. Are you saying that the documentation is not clear as to which variables you can access using the $HTTP_ENV_VARS and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. If this is what you are asking, then please read the 3rd paragraph and the note that follows at: http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php The manual can not be an exhaustive resource for all predefined variables. The best way to see exactly what is available to you is the check the output of the phpinfo() function. It describes everthing you would need to know about the PHP environment and it's predefined variables in gratuitous detail. Also, you specifically mention $PHP_SELF. You say that it's not intuitive to be in HTTP_SERVER_VARS? But it is.. it has noting to do with the system environment ($HTTP_ENV_VARS), but everything to do with the server environment. It's the filename part of the URI, not the actual filename on the server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-02 07:13:33] M.Izydorski@rubikon.pl I don't agree. I just disable register_global by setting it Off. Now I can't acces simply $PHP_SELF - returned string is empty. When I get $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["PHP_SELF"], the return string is such as the $PHP_SELF with register_global "On". Maybe it isn't docs bug, but devel bug? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-02 07:06:16] goba@php.net $PHP_SELF is not an environment variable, nor a server variable, it is a special PHP variable, so it wont be registered in any arrays you listed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-02 06:53:24] M.Izydorski@rubikon.pl There isn't enough information, from which assosiative array we can acces to predefined variables, when register globals is not set. Espesially $PHP_SELF isn't in $HTTP_ENV_VARS but $HTTP_SERVER_VARS, which mean not intuos (in my opinion) localization. Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=11833&edit=1