John, et al --
...and then John W. Holmes said...
% % David T-G wrote:
% % >I have successfully used extract() to
% >pull the data out of _SESSION each time; yay.
% % This whole question revolves around the reason you're even extract()ing % anything to begin with... Why not just use the $_SESSION, $_POST, etc % arrays where you need them. There's no reason to extract().
OK; fair enough. 1) I was just shown it in a recent thread and it seemed like a lifesaver :-) 2) I want to get our existing code rewritten to "be good" and not lose stuff, like passwords and email addresses, that it's supposed to remember -- as quickly as possible.
I know they're famous last words, but I figure I'll do it right later :-) [Hey, I'm even thinking of a full top-down rewrite anyway!]
If you're going to extract blindly from $_POST and $_GET, you might as well just turn register_globals back on; that's what you've basically got.
There's absolutely no reason to extract $_XXX['var'] so you can use $var instead of just using $_XXX['var'] wherever you need that value...
-- ---John Holmes...
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