Re: Re: Using register_globals

On 08-Jun-2003 Philip Olson wrote: > [snip] >> <rant> >> >> register_globals=off won't make good code any better --it's just >> a safety net for the sloppy coders. > [snip] > > In some sense, register_globals = off makes both bad and > good code better, because it means less pollution. So > many unused variables get defined with register_globals > on and this means wasted memory/resources. Pollution > makes any environment worse! Granted this isn't what you > meant, but still... ;) > Also true. On namespace pollution --based on some of the replies I've seen on the list, there's a sizable number of neophyte (and too many veteran) coders that are starting scripts with: <?php extract($_GET); extract($_POST); extract($_COOKIE); ... And so far, I don't recall anybody mention that you need to unset($admin, $internal_var, $nukenewyork, ...) afterwards. So nothing's really changed. Bad code will mysteriously go tits-up (or worse) and good code will keep on cranking. No matter what register_globals= is set to. Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.