note 54104 added to reserved.variables

It took me a long time to find this and I thought I would share... look at how much coding you save... Use this... $p =& $_POST; extract($p); Instead of this ... $username = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username']; $passwd = $HTTP_POST_VARS['passwd']; if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'])) $action = $HTTP_POST_VARS['action']; else $action = $HTTP_GET_VARS['action']; if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['account'])) $account = $HTTP_POST_VARS['account']; else $account = $HTTP_GET_VARS['account']; $messageid = $HTTP_GET_VARS['messageid']; $to = $HTTP_POST_VARS['to']; $cc = $HTTP_POST_VARS['cc']; $subject = $HTTP_POST_VARS['subject']; $message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message']; This returns the post $p =& $_POST; <<< this builds an array of your Vars an places them in $p (array) If you print_r($p); you will understand extract($p); <<< This extracts the data into the vars automatically... So from above the $action $username $to $cc are all filled in... Now you say but wait I have something called $cc then lookup the extract function and you will love this time saver! ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54104 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54104&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54104&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php