RE: [PHP] register_globals & security

From: Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:55:08 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] register_globals & security
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Thanks. I don't see how this makes it more secure though? The values are still picked up the same way from a URL -----Original Message----- From: Jon Haworth [mailto:jon@laughing-buddha.net] Sent: 13 November 2003 13:28 To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] register_globals & security Hi Fernando, > I have a PHP application that passes variables (values) from a form. > I get these using $_POST > > However I do also post some variables via a link. Which ofcourse requires > register_globals to be ON. Do you mean variables in a URL, like this: www.example.com/index.php?foo=1&bar=2 If so you can access these via the $_GET array and leave register_globals turned off. Cheers Jon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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