Hello,

The new $_* arrays are also superglobals, ie. you don't need to define
them as 'global $HTTP_POST_VARS;' in your functions. The $_* arrays can be
used everywhere.

Derick

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Prottoss wrote:

> I've recently installed php 4.1.0RC5 on a test system and while testing the
> build came across an interesting fact.
>
> It would appear that the new PHP creates an identical copy of every system
> generated global array, for example _SERVER & HTTP_SERVER_VARS or _COOKIE &
> HTTP_COOKIE_VARS.
> Is there a reason why those were created twice?
>
> The phpinfo() appears to be using the new format of global arrays, which
> start with _, does this mean the long global array names will be phased out
> in the near future?
>
> Regards,
>
>
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