RE: [PHP] Some discoveries I've made. Anyone care to confirm/deny

> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Malloy [mailto:sean@element.net.au] > Sent: 19 December 2002 23:30 > > Firstly, something regarding accessing form/query string variables, on > diffferent versions of PHP. Starts to become a nightmare, but > you also want > to make sure you _aren't_ requiring register_globals to be on... > > so what I do; > > function Form($var = null) > { > if (function_exists('version_compare')) // added in 4.1.0 > { > return @$_POST[$var]; > } > global $HTTP_POST_VARS; > return @$HTTP_POST_VARS[$var]; > } This seems unnecessarily complex -- $HTTP_*_VARS did not go away when the new $_* superglobals were introduced, and are not likely to anytime soon, so the simple way to do this is just to continue referring to $HTTP_POST_VARS[$var]. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211