cvs: phpdoc /en/features cookies.xml

vrana Wed Sep 21 04:23:02 2005 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/features cookies.xml Log: Emphasise $_COOKIE (bug #34573) http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml?r1=1.20&r2=1.21&ty=u Index: phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml:1.20 phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml:1.21 --- phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml:1.20 Mon May 24 16:03:04 2004 +++ phpdoc/en/features/cookies.xml Wed Sep 21 04:23:00 2005 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.20 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.21 $ --> <chapter id="features.cookies"> <title>Cookies</title> @@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ </para> <para> - Any cookies sent to you from the client will automatically be turned into a - PHP variable just like <literal>GET</literal> and <literal>POST</literal> - method data, depending on the <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link> - and <link linkend="ini.variables-order">variables_order</link> - configuration variables. If you wish to assign multiple values to a single + Any cookies sent to you from the client will automatically be included into + a <link linkend="reserved.variables.cookies">$_COOKIE</link> auto-global + array if <link linkend="ini.variables-order">variables_order</link> + contains "C". If you wish to assign multiple values to a single cookie, just add <literal>[]</literal> to the cookie name. </para> <para> - In PHP 4.1.0 and later, the <varname>$_COOKIE</varname> auto-global array - will always be set with any cookies sent from the client. + Depending on <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link>, + regular PHP variables can be created from cookies. However it's not + recommended to rely on them as this feature is often turned off for the + sake of security. <varname>$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS</varname> is also set in earlier versions of PHP when the <link linkend="ini.track-vars">track_vars</link> configuration variable is set. (This setting is always on since PHP 4.0.3.)