Re: Re: [forums] Re: [PEAR] Weird bug with HTML_QuickForm

From: Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:07:33 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: [forums] Re: [PEAR] Weird bug with HTML_QuickForm
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:56:55 -0600, daneel <daneel@epseelon.org> wrote: > This is very interesting. I didn't even know it was possible. Could you > give me more details about the procedure to do that ? Put this in a .htaccess and it should do it: php_value register_globals off > > john.f.kline@att.net a écrit : > > >Believe it or not their are a lot of ISP's out there that run with register globals > >ON!!! (e.g. PANIX).... A safe thing to do is to turn the globals off anyway with an .htaccess file > >directive... > > > >Cheers... > > > >-------------- Original message from daneel <daneel@epseelon.org>: -------------- > > > > > > > > > >>OK I finally found the bug, and not a small one ! THE bug :) > >>The problem was that "something" was added to a group and it was not an > >>array of elements. I would like to thank the FAQ guys because it gave me > >>the hint to start with. But the thing was that the bug only occurred on > >>my remote server and not on localhost. So there couldn't be a mistake in > >>my form. And it took me another 2 hours to realize that... on my remote > >>server... register_globals was On !!! Bouuuuuuh ! Too bad ! Amateurs !!! > >>Everybody knows that it's one of the first thing to do when you setup > >>PHP : turn register_globals OFF lol > >>I know it's a matter of choice and I'm a bit excessive... but there I > >>would have appreciated them to CHOOSE THE SAME OPTION AS ME !!! > >>Nevermind, as register_globals was on, some of the variable names > >>refering to the arrays of elements added to some groups were... > >>overriden by POST variables... > >>I should have checked the difference between PHP configurations. > >>Anyway. Thank you for your help and remember : > >> > >>TURN REGISTER_GLOBALS OFF !!! (or at least check the configurations... :o) > >> -- Justin Patrin

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