RE: [PHP-DEV] Security?
| From: | Richard Heyes | Date: | Wed, 04 Jul 2001 13:30:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Security? | ||
| Groups: | php.dev php.doc | ||
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> > I also think that PHP5.0 since we are breaking
> language compat,
> > perhaps we should turn off register_globals by default? I
> just see to
> > many chances for fscking up things big time when using that
> > functionality....
>
> I still don't agree on this particular point. All this does is limit
> where data can come from.
And also prevent namespace clashes, eg a GET/POST variable named the
same
as session variables. Turning register_globals off would probably
prevent
a lot of head scratching for peeps who've not come across this issue
before.
--
Richard Heyes