Doc #64058 [Opn->Csd]: Warn about register_globals

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64058&edit=1 ID: 64058 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: ph57 at brisk dot org dot uk Summary: Warn about register_globals -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: n/r PHP Version: 5.3.21 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: krakjoe Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-24 12:35:49] krakjoe@php.net http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.register-globals register_globals is a deprecated feature in the version of PHP you are reported to be using. It is removed in the final release after it. Therefore there is no need to include any more information than is included in the manual page I have linked to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-23 20:14:27] ph57 at brisk dot org dot uk 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64058&edit=1