Thanks Rasmus,
But I'm not really sure I'm understanding. Maybe if I make the question
simpler:
currently, I'm running 4.0.4pl1... and have:
variables_order = "EGPCS" ; This directive describes the order
in which PHP registers
register_globals = On ; Whether or not to register
the EGPCS variables as global
; not
require register_globals to be on; Using form variables
register_argc_argv = On ; This directive tells PHP
whether to declare the argv&argc
in the /etc/php.ini
I have a site that uses a $HTTP_POST_VARS['var_name'],
$HTTP_GET_VARS['var_name'] and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['var_name'] all over the
place (there is more PHP in there than flat HTML :) and more than a handful
of references to $HTTP_USER_AGENT, $PHP_AUTH_*, $PHP_SELF, etc....
Is there anything I _have_ to do before installing the newly build server
with php 4.1.2 in order to retain a functional site???
Or is the site going to continue to work, but I should think hard about
moving to the new $_* variables before upgrading any more?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: March 2, 2002 6:51 PM
> To: Scott Brown
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: php 4.1.1 vs 4.0.6
>
>
> You will always be able to turn register_globals on.
> Completely removing
> that feature would make it impossible to ever run a lot of
> code written
> for PHP. Some will argue that this is a good thing, but
> ultimately it is
> not for us to say.
>
> When you turn register_globals on, $HTTP_* do not disappear.
> What changes
> is that the various Environment, Get, Post, Cookie, Server
> variables are
> not automatically injected into the global symbol table. You
> will have to
> access them through either $HTTP_*_VARS['var_name'] or
> $_*['var_name'].
> In the second case that would be $_ENV['var_name'], for example.
>
> -Rasmus
>
> On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Scott Brown wrote:
>
> > So - to confirm...
> >
> > If upgrading from a 4.0.x up to a 4.1.x version, putting
> register_globals =
> > on in the /etc/php.ini will ensure that old code continues to run.
> >
> > But in the long term (ie, in some future php version), the
> $HTTP_* vars will
> > no longer be supported.
> >
> >
> > Is this correct?
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrey Hristov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: February 23, 2002 12:53 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: php 4.1.1 vs 4.0.6
> > >
> > >
> > > In 4.1.x series there are new vars (global scope)
> > > $_GET,$_POST,$_COOKIE,$_FILES,$_SESSION
> > > not available in 4.0.x versions. For old scripts could be
> > > problem that register_globals is off in the 4.1.x tree(for new
> > > installations, not upgrades). But this is for good.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andrey Hristov
> > >
> >
> >
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