cvs: phpdoc /en/faq misc.xml

goba Sat Sep 11 06:49:30 2004 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/faq misc.xml Log: provide some explanation on when these might need to be used http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml?r1=1.16&r2=1.17&ty=u Index: phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml:1.16 phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml:1.17 --- phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml:1.16 Sat Sep 11 06:28:27 2004 +++ phpdoc/en/faq/misc.xml Sat Sep 11 06:49:25 2004 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ --> <chapter id="faq.misc"> <title>Miscellaneous Questions</title> <titleabbrev>Miscellaneous Questions</titleabbrev> @@ -98,10 +98,20 @@ <qandaentry id="faq.misc.registerglobals"> <question> <para> - How do I deal with register_globals + How do I deal with <literal>register_globals</literal>? </para> </question> <answer> + <para> + If you are on a shared host with <literal>register_globals</literal> turned + off and need to use some legacy applications, which require this option + to be turned on, or you are on some hosting server, where this feature + is turned on, but you would like to eliminate security risks, you might + need to emulate the opposite setting with PHP. It is always a good idea to + first ask if it would be possible to change the option somehow in PHP's + configuration, but if it is not possible, then you can use these + compatibility snippets. + </para> <para> <example> <title>Emulating Register Globals</title>