note 57497 added to reserved.variables

I like using the $_REQUEST variable because my scripts work as expected regardless of request method and I can set per-user default values with cookies or session variables. I was having problems because $_REQUEST was preferring cookie-method values over GET- and POST-method values. I have no access to php.ini on my hosted web page and, of course, ini_set("variables_order","ESCGP"); has no effect because $_REQUEST is created before my script starts. The following script fixed my problem: foreach (array("_GET","_POST") as $source) { foreach (${$source} as $idx => $value) { $_REQUEST[$idx]=$value; }; }; unset($source,$idx,$value); Simply fill the array() with the names of the arrays you want to load into $_REQUEST, in increasing order of preference. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57497 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57497&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57497&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php