At 6/23/2002, you wrote: >I've written a small freeware script that gets installed on a variety of >different platforms running various PHP versions. > >I've read through the manual about the super global arrays and how post and >get vars are no longer registered by default, but am confused about when it >would be a good idea to "upgrade" the script. > >If I change everything in the script and use $_GET and $_POST etc. then >those people who are still using earlier versions won't be able to upgrade. > >Does anyone know what the uptake of the latest version is? What is everyone >else doing about this? If I were developing for one client it wouldn't be a >problem as obviously you'd know what you were developing for. > >I'd just like some feedback on when would be a good time to upgrade the >scripts while causing the minimum disruption and maintaining maximum happy >users.
Hi, I have used if (isset($_SERVER)) $PHP_SELF = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; to make $PHP_SELF work on all PHP's. Then you have to use $HTTP_GET_VARS and $HTTP_POST_VARS to pass vars. This way the script will work with globals on and off. I really hate the way PHP 4.2 introduced the new default installation with globals "off", as they knew it will instantly force almost all coders to update their code. It took two weeks to make those changes on my rather large application. Most virtual server users have no means to set PHP.INI to their liking so changes like that should be done in longer time span to let developers update the software _before_ changes in PHP happen. Pekka http://photography-on-the.net/ ------------------------- Pekka Saarinen http://photography-on-the.net ------------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
