Bug #18361 Updated: Tutorial on php.net uses deprecated $HTTP_*_VARS variables

ID: 18361 Updated by: jmcastagnetto@php.net Reported By: drecaise@hotmail.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Website problem Operating System: all PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Changed example to use $_POST instead. Added notes and a subsection with a quick description of the changes that can affect old code. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-15 18:57:18] philip@php.net tut.php is in phpweb, not phpdoc. On a related note, $HTTP_*_VARS will most likely exist forever. A much more serious problem on tut.php is how the words convey that register_globals is always on, like in PHP3. See bug #17428. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-15 18:49:40] drecaise@hotmail.com <edit> grammar correction </edit> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-15 18:43:15] drecaise@hotmail.com On http://www.php.net/tut.php there is an example of how to get form variables data into php variables. In this example $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]; is used instead of: $_POST["name"] Since the manual tells the world that $HTTP_*_ is deprecated I think it is sensible to make sure this beginners tutorial gives those beginners a good example. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18361&edit=1