From:             sikachu at beezone dot net
Operating system: Windows 2000
PHP version:      5.0.0RC2
PHP Bug Type:     Unknown/Other Function
Bug description:  $QUERY_STRING is define with null instead stay undefine

Description:
------------
I upgraded from PHP 4.3.4 to PHP 5.0 RC3 yesterday. When I tried to run
the script that check for the query string and then refresh to the page,
the query string return the invalid value. This behavior I found only in
PHP 5.0 RC3

I'll show you the result with these thing:
echo $QUERY_STRING;
isset($QUERY_STRING);
$QUERY_STRING == "";

For example, assume that the script URL is http://somewhere.com/index.php

If I call it like this: http://somewhere.com/index.php?foo

echo $QUERY_STRING;    // show foo
isset($QUERY_STRING);  // return true
$QUERY_STRING == "";   // return false

But, here is the problem. If I call it like this:
http://somewhere.com/index.php

echo $QUERY_STRING;    // show ""(nothing)
isset($QUERY_STRING);  // return true  << unexpected
$QUERY_STRING == "";   // return true

The code that I use for test will be in the next section.

My PHP configuration based on php.ini-dist. I changed register_global to
be On, and then add php_mysql & php_mysqli extension to it.

Reproduce code:
---------------
if(isset($QUERY_STRING))
{
        echo "Your query string is defined\n";
}
if($QUERY_STRING == "")
{
        echo "Your query string is null\n";
}
if($QUERY_STRING == " ")
{
        echo "Your query string contain just a space\n";
}

echo "Here is your query string: '".$QUERY_STRING."'";

Expected result:
----------------
Your query string is null
Here is your query string: ''

Actual result:
--------------
Your query string is defined
Your query string is null
Here is your query string: ''

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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28711&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4):  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5):  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=trysnapshot5
Fixed in CVS:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=needscript
Try newer version:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=support
Expected behavior:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=php3
Daylight Savings:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=dst
IIS Stability:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28711&r=float

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