Re: php 5.04 register_globals aint acting right.

On Wed, August 17, 2005 5:21 am, Jochem Maas wrote: > Daniel Baughman wrote: >> Its simply a Boolean to indicate whether or not a query should be >> ran and >> displayed, and further more its for a small intranet. If it's that small a project/program, it should not be that tricky to find the variable that needs to change from $foo to $_POST['foo'] >> Register_globals is the directive I meant to say. But your right >> about >> globals. Some applications haven't made that change yet... So > > stick this in a auto_prepend_file (or at the top of a global include: > > <? > extract($_REQUEST); > ?> > > crude, but not exactly a rewrite. You might as well just turn register_globals "on" Because this has ALL the problems of register_globals. Only maybe slightly slower, since it's wrapped up in a PHP function call. extract($_REQUEST) is like installing a deadbolt on your door, and then leaving the key in it at all times. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm