cvs: phpweb / release_4_2_0.php

derick Mon Apr 22 09:42:17 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpweb release_4_2_0.php Log: - Fix typoes and link to news Index: phpweb/release_4_2_0.php diff -u phpweb/release_4_2_0.php:1.5 phpweb/release_4_2_0.php:1.6 --- phpweb/release_4_2_0.php:1.5 Mon Apr 22 09:33:07 2002 +++ phpweb/release_4_2_0.php Mon Apr 22 09:42:17 2002 @@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ two things to use the variable:</p> <ol> <li>Access the form variable with $_GET['foo']</li> - <li>Turn register_globals on in php.ini, but visit the resources - below first to give you a nice insight in why register_globals is bad.</li> + <li>Turn register_globals on in php.ini, but visit the resources below first + to give you a nice insight why register_globals can lead to security + issues.</li> </ol> <p>The following resources explain what the register_globals php.ini option does and which problems may arise using it:</p> @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ <li>Register globals is <b>off!</b> by default</li> <li>Overhaul of the sockets extension</li> <li>Highly improved performance with file uploads</li> - <li>The satellite and mailparse extensions were moved to PECL and are not longer + <li>The satellite and mailparse extensions were moved to PECL and are no longer bundled with the official PHP release.</li> <li>The posix extension has been cleaned up.</li> <li>iconv handling has been improved</li> @@ -115,5 +116,9 @@ <li><b>LOTS</b> of fixes and new functions</li> </ul> +<p> +For a full list of changes in PHP 4.2.0, see the +<a href="http://cvs.php.net/co.php/php4/NEWS?r=1.885.2.19">NEWS</a> file. +</p> <?php commonFooter(); ?>