note 53961 added to faq.misc

Considering the comment below. I think there's a way to avoid that "problem": <?php // // $starttime is an example of a variable that we might need to define, // even before, running the "register_globals OFF" emulator below. // list($msec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime()); $starttime = ((float)$msec + (float)$sec); // // If register_globals is ON, ensure no unexpected globals are defined. // ie. We'll try to emulate a register_globals OFF environment. // if( (bool)@ini_get('register_globals') ) { $superglobals = array($_ENV, $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_FILES, $_SERVER); if( isset($_SESSION) ) { array_unshift($superglobals, $_SESSION); } $knownglobals = array( // // Known PHP Reserved globals and superglobals: // '_ENV', 'HTTP_ENV_VARS', '_GET', 'HTTP_GET_VARS', '_POST', 'HTTP_POST_VARS', '_COOKIE', 'HTTP_COOKIE_VARS', '_FILES', 'HTTP_FILES_VARS', '_SERVER', 'HTTP_SERVER_VARS', '_SESSION', 'HTTP_SESSION_VARS', '_REQUEST', // // Global variables used by this code snippet: // 'superglobals', 'knownglobals', 'superglobal', 'global', 'void', // // Known global variables defined before this code snippet is reached. // 'starttime', ); foreach( $superglobals as $superglobal ) { foreach( $superglobal as $global => $void ) { if( !in_array($global, $knownglobals) ) { unset($GLOBALS[$global]); } } } } ?> Note the stuff related to the $_SESSION array depends on whether the PHP session has been started or not. You might want to call session_start() before this point (or set session.auto_start ON). HTH+ :) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.misc.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+53961 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53961&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+53961&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php