Re: Re: Using register_globals

From: Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:34:15 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Using register_globals
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>> But how you know, if you have a few tausends of php code lines, which part >> have some sloppy code. Nobody is perfect. In my opinion you should turn >> register_globals to off if it's possible. It's much more secure. >Rouvas Stathis wrote: >I strongly disagree with that. >Consider the following code (assuming $foo is 'external' variable): >1: if ($foo=='yes') transfer_money_to_me(); >2: if ($_GET['foo']=='yes']) transfer_money_to_me(); >Why (2) is safer than (1)? Answer: It is *not*. As I wrote before, I dont talking about a 3 liner, but if some developers work on a huge project. There is no reason why dont make use of the _GET[] _POST[] ....... arrays and switch this register_globals to OFF

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