Doc #64058 [NEW]: Warn about register_globals

From: ph57 at brisk dot org dot uk Operating system: n/r PHP version: 5.3.21 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Warn about register_globals Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://uk1.php.net/manual/en/session.examples.basic.php --- Please can we have a very prominent WARNING, in the introduction to session, along the lines of:- WARNING: if register_globals is set ON, then any key you use in $_SESSION will be a reference to a global variable of the same name. This will cause your session vasriables to change unexpectedly if you accidentally use a key that happens to match the name of an existing global variable. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64058&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64058&r=mysqlcfg