Re: ini_set() broken?

master is the top-level default value set in either your php.ini if you have that file and have a specific value set, or ir not it is the PHP default for the config value. The local is the per-request setting set either in httpd.conf, .htaccess or locally in the script. On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Philip Olson wrote: > Hello Rasmus- > > How do you suggest ini_set() document these differences? Maybe > the table at ini_set() could use another column, for descriptions > and notes. Also, could you give a concise description for the > differences between local and master values? > > Regards, > Philip Olson > > > > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > Well, you can set it at runtime, it just won't do what you might expect. > > That doesn't mean that it may not be useful to be able to set it at > > runtime. If, for example, you have register_globals off and you write an > > auto-prepend script, or even just a normal snippet of code that you insert > > into some other app at the beginning that emulates register_globals, then > > you may want to set register_globals = on at runtime so that any > > subsequent checks by the app will behave correctly. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Philip Olson wrote: > > > > > > > > You cannot set register_globals at runtime via > > > ini_set(). The documentation goes off the PHP4 > > > source which is, to put it simply, a little wrong. > > > The PHP4 source says register_globals is PHP_INI_ALL > > > when in the real world it isn't. .htaccess > > > is as close as you'll get. > > > > > > The ini_set() docs are autogenerated and this issue > > > is being looked into. The correct docs on this are > > > now in phpdoc CVS and will show up soon. > > > > > > In short, don't attempt to set register_globals > > > at runtime as explained by a few in this thread, > > > it won't fully work as expected. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Philip Olson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > >