#34573 [Opn->Csd]: features.cookies needs a rewrite to de-emphasise register globals

ID: 34573 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: phpbugs-david at tulloh dot id dot au -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: Derek New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. "Any cookies sent to you from the client will automatically be included into a $_COOKIE auto-global array if variables_order contains "C". ... Depending on register_globals, 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." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-21 07:33:03] phpbugs-david at tulloh dot id dot au Description: ------------ The cookie feature page (http://php.net/manual/en/features.cookies.php) is written to emphasise the register globals technique of dealing with cookies. The newer $_COOKIE variable is mentioned, but in less detail than using register globals and setcookie(). The page should be updated to switch this emphasis and discourage the use of register globals. The following link to the $_COOKIE section of the manual should also be included somewhere. http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.cookies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34573&edit=1