Re: Lost feature - variables_order/register_globals mess

> > In this whirlwind hack job to turn off register_globals, we have lost a > > very useful feature. Or maybe it was lost earlier and I didn't pay > > attention. > > > > Today you cannot set variables_order to "ES" and turn register_globals on > > so that only E and S vars end up in the global symbol table. If you do > > this, then there is no way to get to G, P and C variables. > > $HTTP_GET_VARS/$_GET do not get populated anymore when there is no G in > > variables_order, for example. > > This should be fixed :) This of course also affects the import_request_variables() function. For example, if variables_order does not contain 'G' then this code: import_request_variables('GP', 'r_'); will not import GET-method data into $r_* This should work as well. > It would be a lot easier for PHP application developers > if they can assume GPCS are always hashed into $_GET, $_POST, > $_COOKIE and $_SERVER. ($_ENV also?) > > How about make "variable_order" affects only for globals? Well, you still need to resolve precedence for $_REQUEST somehow. -Rasmus