Re: register_globals on or off?

From: Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 23:47:21 +0000
Subject: Re: register_globals on or off?
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Refer to the PHP Manual for details. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php The Manual is worth to read :) (Don't forget to read FAQ also, it seems FAQ is updated recently) Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki ""hi"" <noneofyourbusiness@none.com> wrote in message news:9acn9h$bgp$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > Hi, > > Could someone explain what the following passage in php.ini means: > > You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require > ; register_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily > lead > ; to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of. > > If register_globals is off, does that mean you cannot access form variables > by just referring to their name? And, if that is so, how do you pass > information from forms to your action script? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >

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