"Matthew Nuzum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be careful about rushing into php 4.2. It does not have "register > globals" on by default. Many (many many many) scripts out there rely on > this setting, even though it is sloppy and unsafe. > > If you're scripts use the variable: $firstname to access the contents > from a form, you will need to change it to one of these new (since 4.1) > "Superglobal" variables: $_REQUEST["firstname"], $_GET["firstname"] or > $_POST["firstname"] > > If the customers hosted on your Raq servers aren't expecting an upgrade, > you may get lots of support calls if you don't give them plenty of > advance notice.
Of course, you can just set register_globals = On in php.ini and restart Apache. IMO PHP's move to set register_globals to Off by default is a good idea b/c it encourages better code, but the implications are pretty minor if you have root access to the box and can make a 1 line change to php.ini. I'm not trying to slight your warning Matt, just letting others know a workaround since you didn't come out and say how to revert PHP to the old behavior. -- Steve Werby President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/ _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
