Re: NULL Apache environment variables

On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 14:58, Erik Price wrote: > > On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 05:44 PM, Lars Torben Wilson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 08:56, Narvaez, Teresa wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I'm running PHP version 4.1.1. When I invoke this function, <?php > >> phpinfo()?>, all variables are set. However, when I try to retrieve a > >> value > >> of a certain variable like this: > >> > >> <?php echo $HTTP_USER_AGENT; ?> > >> > >> It returns NULL. Is there a missing configuration on apache or php? > > > > As of PHP 4.1.0, register_globals is off by default since globals are so > > icky. Try $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']. > > > > This should probably be made more obvious in the docs. > > Hm? I didn't think that this was the case -- I thought that although > there is a long-term move to making 'register_globals = off' default, > register_globals is still default to be 'on'. I think that this is > described in the 4.1.0 release announcement. > > http://www.php.net/release_4_1_0.php > > In the 4.1.1 release announcement, it doesn't say that anything about > this has changed. I'm not trying to contradict you Torben, but if this > is true then it is not documented in the "news" at the web site. > > > Please correct me. No, I can't--you're correct. :) > - Erik -- Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506