Doc #76637 [Opn->Nab]: Default $_REQUEST is Misrepresented in Documentation
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76637&edit=1
ID: 76637
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: dor dot tumarkin at checkmarx dot com
Summary: Default $_REQUEST is Misrepresented in Documentation
-Status: Open
+Status: Not a bug
Type: Documentation Problem
Package: Documentation problem
Operating System: Any
PHP Version: 7.2.7
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: cmb
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Which sources populate $_REQUEST is determined by request_order,
which is empty by default, and in this case by variable_order,
which is "EGPCS" by default. The fact that php.ini-development
and php.ini-production set request_order=GP is irrelevant here,
since nobody is required to use them. As such, the documentation
is correct.
Previous Comments:
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[2018-07-18 10:10:25] dor dot tumarkin at checkmarx dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/reserved.variables.request
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Documentation states the $_REQUEST is "An associative array that by default contains the
contents of $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE."
In PHP 7.2.7 (and likely several versions lower), $_COOKIE is not part of $_REQUEST by default,
though it could be re-enabled via php.ini. The default behavior is to only include $_GET and $_POST
in request_order "due to security concerns", likely because adding C for $_COOKIES enables
a wider breadth for value shadowing attacks.
Test script:
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Not applicable.
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