Re: Re: redoing website after 7 years

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 09:00 +1100, Chris wrote: >> Robert Cummings wrote: >> > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 08:56 -0500, Andrew Ballard wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 15:17 +1100, Chris wrote: >> >>>>> I know many people will grin at me for this solution but may be faster >> >>>>> way >> >>>>> to overcome this problem to do a find for $ and replace with >> >>>>> $_REQUEST. even >> >>>>> this will help you if you dealt with $_POST, $_GET, $_COOKIE. >> >>>> Please don't. >> >>>> >> >>>> $connection = mysql_connect(...) >> >>>> >> >>>> becomes >> >>>> >> >>>> $_REQUEST[$connection] (or something) >> >>> How did you get those braces when you did search and replace? >> >>> >> >>> ;) >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> Rob. >> >> Doesn't your search and replace tool support regular expression >> >> matching and replacement? >> > >> > Well yes, but the instrutions didn't indicate using a regex ;) >> >> I'd like to see you try it without a regex.. ;) I guess you could do it >> but php isn't going to parse it (or everything is going to be set to >> $_REQUEST).. > > The point of my original comment was that you didn't follow the > instructions ;) > > Cheers, > Rob. Ah, yes... instructions. But I find that project instructions are often like the DNA sequences in the movie Jurassic Park - nearly complete but lacking critical segments that require someone to fill in the gaps with whatever is lying around the shop that looks like it will fit. :-) Andrew