Re: Variables don't pass... *sniff*

I did this: if (!empty($_POST)) { extract($_POST); } else { extract($HTTP_POST_VARS); } And have it in an include file, "extract_post.php". This way I can just include it and all variables are available, just like if register_globals had been on. Daniel. ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendell Brown To: php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Variables don't pass... *sniff* On Wed, 28 May 2003 12:46:50 +0100, David Grant wrote: >I would've thought that $HTTP_*_VARS will be deprecated sometime in the >future. It might be an idea to write your own accessor methods, e.g. > >function RetrieveGetParameter($parameterValue) Egads! Wouldn't the following be a little simpler? At the top of the file put..... if( is_array($_POST) ) $pArray = $_POST; else $pArray = $HTTP_POST_VARS; Then access $pArray["fred"] where ever you want to? And yes, I know this creates a second copy of the post array in local memory (wouldn't pointers be nice right about now), but if the post array is going to be accessed a lot, it would seem to be faster to copy it once than to call the function over and over. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php