On Thu, 9 May 2002, Kevin Stone wrote: >> If register_globals is off, then you'll get $_GET['id'] = 3 and >> $_GET['sex'] = female. It's then up to you to make sure those are okay. >> But at least $id and $sex won't get set until you explicitly set them in >> your code. > > Hmm. No offense Miguel, but I don't believe turning Registered Globals off > will have any effect on security.
If all programmers were perfect, very few security mechanisms would be necessary. But they aren't, so things like this just make it a little bit easier to create secure software. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php