[PHP] global to superglobal

[pippo]

I have a database that was created on an earlier version of PostgreSQL and uses global variables with register_globals = on for php4.
I have migrated the database to postgresql-7.3.1 with mod_php-4.2.3 and have set the register_globals to on. In order to use the default setting of register_globals = off, I need to reprogram my php files.
I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about modifying the code. Is there a script that could be run on each file to convert to the superglobals that would work with the register_globals off?
I also need to know the exact syntax: for example, one current line is -

include "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../lib/somefile.conf";

Someone did suggest the following:

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../lib/somefile.conf';

however, there is a difference in the use of the quotation marks and I do not understand the use of the . and ..

Could someone explain, please?

PJ



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