note 76422 added to security.globals

In response to the above post by Caliwebman at yahoo dot com, a.k.a. "Gentle Warrior" who complained about the lack of documentation on register_globals: I think this code snippet will address the *main* source of his confusion: <? function readyToBeAProgrammer() { $stuff=$_URINALYSIS['test']; if($stuff == THC) { return false; } else { return true; } // register_globals is all about knowing where your variables are really coming from // what if a malicious user tried to pass off // $stuff=$_GET['someone_elses_drop']; // as $stuff ? // preventing this kind of substitution is the whole point // of disabling register_globals } if(!readyToBeAProgrammer()) { die("Switch to coffee, man!"); } ?> P.S., let's give it up in appreciation for the moderators who must sit though and clean up these boards, facetious posts like mine included... ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 128.227.11.165 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.globals.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76422 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76422 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76422 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php