Re: [PHP] Version 4.1.0's New Input Mechanism

2001-12-11 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> The arrays $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER contain exactly the same data > as the arrays $HTTP_GET_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, > $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. Try this to see for yourself: Yes, the new names are just to give people a shorter auto-global mechanism to access this same dat

[PHP] Version 4.1.0's New Input Mechanism

2001-12-11 Thread Stefen Lars
Hello all Whereas I fully understand the security implications of PHP's old GET, POST and COOKIE variables and welcome with open arms the development team's decision to depreciate this facet of PHP, I am a little uncertain exactly why they have come up with the solution that appears in the ver