Bug->Doc #68008 [Opn->Ver]: When variables_order is set to "" doesn't work as expected

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68008&edit=1 ID: 68008 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: joksnet at gmail dot com Summary: When variables_order is set to "" doesn't work as expected -Status: Open +Status: Verified -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem Package: *Configuration Issues Operating System: x86_64 GNU/Linux PHP Version: 5.5.16 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The documentation is obviously wrong, since the on_modify handler of variables_orders is OnUpdateStringUnempty[1]. [1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.16/main/main.c#L784> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-09-11 18:04:40] joksnet at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Hello, When the setting variables_order is set to "", the documentation [0] says: > Setting to "" means no superglobals will be set. But instead the default "EGPCS" is set. The only way I found of disable superglobals (because track_vars is deprecated) is to set variables_order to a letter different of "EGPCS", like "N". This way superglobals are set (isset($_SERVER) still true), but not populated. [0]: http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.variables-order Test script: --------------- % php -n -d variables_order="" -r "var_dump(\$_SERVER);" % php -n -d variables_order="N" -r "var_dump(\$_SERVER);" Expected result: ---------------- array(0) { } array(0) { } Actual result: -------------- array(52) { ... ["SHELL"]=> string(8) "/bin/zsh" ["TERM"]=> string(14) "xterm-256color" ... } array(0) { } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68008&edit=1