Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-19 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 10, 2012, at 3:53 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: That's correct, but to access those variables outside of their scope (such as

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 12, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Tim Streater wrote: ?php function yes ($a) { global $x; if ($a) $x = yes\n; } first (true); echo $x; ? but I haven't looked into $GLOBALS enough to know whether using them instead would have saved my bacon. I'm not sure what

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Daniel Brown wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 14:16, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: This document clearly states that $GLOBALS is a SuperGlobal -- what am I not understanding here? You are understanding it correctly, the only thing that's missing

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Matijn Woudt
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 12, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Tim Streater wrote: ?php function yes ($a)     {     global $x;     if  ($a)  $x = yes\n;     } first (true); echo $x; ? but I haven't looked into $GLOBALS enough to know

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 13 Mar 2012, at 15:59, Tedd Sperling wrote: In any event, I seldom use globals anyway. This was more an academic discussion. If you're being academic about it please remember that the way PHP defines globals is different to most other languages. PHP: A variable defined at the top-level

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 13, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On 13 Mar 2012, at 15:59, Tedd Sperling wrote: In any event, I seldom use globals anyway. This was more an academic discussion. -snip- It ultimately also means that only the superglobals are true globals. That was my initial statement in

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Tim Streater
On 13 Mar 2012 at 15:59, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure what would have saved bacon in the above case. I don't see how your example would work. I think it contained a typo. In what I think you were trying to demonstrate, I would just pass $x by reference ($x) --

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-13 Thread Donovan Brooke
Stuart Dallas wrote: [snip] so $GLOBALS['GLOBALS']['GLOBALS']['GLOBALS']['_SERVER'] is a perfectly valid, if daft, way of accessing $_SERVER. -Stuart Now this is becoming educational! ;-) Donovan -- D Brooke -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-12 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 14:16, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: As to placing an additional requirement (i.e., being predefined) on the definition as to what constitutes a SuperGlobal is outside my understanding. As such, I must defer to the PHP Manual, namely:

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-12 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 11, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Tim Streater wrote: In the following, $x is a global but not a super-global (AFAIK). ?php function echox () { global $x; echo $x; } $x = Hello world\n; echox (); ? -- Cheers -- Tim Tim: I read somewhere that using:

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-12 Thread Jim Giner
The purpose of the global statement within a function is to let PHP know that the usage of a var name INSIDE that function is not meant to create a NEW variable, but instead, to reference the other (global) variable being used (and perhaps already defined) in your main script. Basically it

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-12 Thread Tim Streater
On 12 Mar 2012 at 20:07, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: Tim: I read somewhere that using: global $x; is not recommended. Whereas, it is recommended to use: $x = $GLOBALS['x']; echo $x; Tedd, That may well be, although as I write I can't recollect having seen that

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-11 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 11 Mar 2012, at 01:43, Tedd Sperling wrote: On Mar 10, 2012, at 3:53 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: That's correct, but to access those variables outside of their scope (such as a function) you do via a

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-11 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:37, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: As such, there are no globals in PHP other than SuperGlobals. As I said, if I'm wrong, please show me otherwise. A superglobal is predefined at run-time by the parser, environment, SAPI, etc. (_SERVER, _POST, _GET,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-11 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 11, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Daniel Brown wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:37, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: As such, there are no globals in PHP other than SuperGlobals. As I said, if I'm wrong, please show me otherwise. A superglobal is predefined at run-time by the

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-11 Thread Tim Streater
On 11 Mar 2012 at 18:16, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 11, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Daniel Brown wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:37, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: As such, there are no globals in PHP other than SuperGlobals. As I said, if I'm wrong, please

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-10 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Jim Giner wrote: tamouse mailing lists tamouse.li...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CAHUC_t8g43GE3xqvSU5SwFePGS1XG=tk1mhrbem9gjaarve...@mail.gmail.com... On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:10 AM,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-10 Thread Jim Giner
Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote in message news:315faa8f-3103-4661-b167-d30248952...@gmail.com... On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Jim Giner wrote: tamouse mailing lists tamouse.li...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CAHUC_t8g43GE3xqvSU5SwFePGS1XG=tk1mhrbem9gjaarve...@mail.gmail.com...

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-10 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Jim Giner wrote: tamouse mailing lists tamouse.li...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CAHUC_t8g43GE3xqvSU5SwFePGS1XG=tk1mhrbem9gjaarve...@mail.gmail.com... On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-10 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Mar 10, 2012, at 3:53 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: That's correct, but to access those variables outside of their scope (such as a function) you do via a SuperGlobal, namely $GLOBAL['whatever']. As such,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-09 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On 13 Feb 2012, at 06:28, Rui Hu wrote: How PHP sets variables in $_SERVER, say, $DOCUMENT_ROOT? What should I know if I want to modify $_SERVER myself? Once your

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-03-09 Thread Jim Giner
tamouse mailing lists tamouse.li...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CAHUC_t8g43GE3xqvSU5SwFePGS1XG=tk1mhrbem9gjaarve...@mail.gmail.com... On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Tedd Sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On 13 Feb 2012, at 06:28,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-02-13 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 13 Feb 2012, at 06:28, Rui Hu wrote: How PHP sets variables in $_SERVER, say, $DOCUMENT_ROOT? What should I know if I want to modify $_SERVER myself? Once your script starts the superglobals are no different to any other variables, except that they're in scope at all times. The only

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-02-13 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Stuart Dallas wrote: On 13 Feb 2012, at 06:28, Rui Hu wrote: How PHP sets variables in $_SERVER, say, $DOCUMENT_ROOT? What should I know if I want to modify $_SERVER myself? Once your script starts the superglobals are no different to any other variables,

Re: [PHP] questions about $_SERVER

2012-02-12 Thread Michael Save
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Rui Hu tchrb...@gmail.com wrote: hi, How PHP sets variables in $_SERVER, say, $DOCUMENT_ROOT? What should I know if I want to modify $_SERVER myself? Thanks! -- Best regards, Rui Hu

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-09-03 Thread tedd
Peter and Paul: Sorry, I went on vacation for a few days (it was a surprise vacation with a 2 day notice). I think you both understand what I was looking for and found what I wanted was not possible. It's just one of those things in life you have to live with. Thanks very much for your

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Paul M Foster
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:04:23PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote: Jason Pruim wrote: My understanding of how shared hosting works would make this near impossible... Basically Apache grabs a header that is sent at the initial connection which includes the destination hostname and from there

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Peter Lind
On 30 August 2010 21:32, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:04:23PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote: Jason Pruim wrote: My understanding of how shared hosting works would make this near impossible... Basically Apache grabs a header that is sent at the initial

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:53:46PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: On 30 August 2010 21:32, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:04:23PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote: Jason Pruim wrote: My understanding of how shared hosting works would make this near

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Peter Lind
On 30 August 2010 22:34, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:53:46PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: On 30 August 2010 21:32, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:04:23PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote: Jason Pruim wrote: My

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:34:42PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: On 30 August 2010 22:34, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:53:46PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: snip $_SERVER['REMOTE_NAME'] So the question is, how would he get that last variable. It

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-30 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 05:13:59PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:34:42PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: On 30 August 2010 22:34, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:53:46PM +0200, Peter Lind wrote: snip

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread Jim Lucas
tedd wrote: At 12:15 AM +0200 8/29/10, Peter Lind wrote: On 28 August 2010 23:45, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm trying to figure out a compliment to $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] such as something like $_SERVER['REMOTE_NAME']. Is there such a beast? You're not making any

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread Peter Lind
On 29 August 2010 08:08, Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote: *snip* Their is not existing variable (if you would) that your server, when connecting to a remote server, would be sending.  So, to have the remote end be able to identify the initiating host identity, the initiating side would have

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread tedd
At 10:56 AM +0200 8/29/10, Peter Lind wrote: On 29 August 2010 08:08, Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote: *snip* Their is not existing variable (if you would) that your server, when connecting to a remote server, would be sending. So, to have the remote end be able to identify the initiating

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread Jason Pruim
On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:55 AM, tedd wrote: At 10:56 AM +0200 8/29/10, Peter Lind wrote: On 29 August 2010 08:08, Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote: *snip* Their is not existing variable (if you would) that your server, when connecting to a remote server, would be sending. So, to have the

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread tedd
At 11:54 AM -0400 8/29/10, Jason Pruim wrote: On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:55 AM, tedd wrote: To all: My post about SERVER globals was simply an observation that the SERVER global report of host and remote was not symmetric -- for example you could obtain both the IP and Domain Name of the host,

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread Per Jessen
Jason Pruim wrote: My understanding of how shared hosting works would make this near impossible... Basically Apache grabs a header that is sent at the initial connection which includes the destination hostname and from there it translates it to the proper directory on the shared host. All

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-29 Thread Peter Lind
On 29 August 2010 18:04, Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote: Jason Pruim wrote: My understanding of how shared hosting works would make this near impossible... Basically Apache grabs a header that is sent at the initial connection which includes the destination hostname and from there it

[PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread tedd
Hi gang: The server global: $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] Provides the IP of the server where the current script is executing. And, the server global: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] Provides the IP of the server executing the script. As such, you can enter the IP of either into a browser and see

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread Per Jessen
tedd wrote: Hi gang: The server global: $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] Provides the IP of the server where the current script is executing. And, the server global: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] Provides the IP of the server executing the script. Yes, aka the client address. As

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread tedd
At 9:41 PM +0200 8/28/10, Per Jessen wrote: tedd wrote: So, how can I identify the exact location of the 'server_addr' and of the 'remote_addr' on shared hosting? Is that possible? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] will tell you the name of the virtual host - I don't know if that is what you're

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread Peter Lind
On 28 August 2010 23:45, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:41 PM +0200 8/28/10, Per Jessen wrote: tedd wrote:    So, how can I identify the exact location of the 'server_addr' and of  the 'remote_addr' on shared hosting? Is that possible? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] will tell you the

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread tedd
At 12:15 AM +0200 8/29/10, Peter Lind wrote: On 28 August 2010 23:45, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm trying to figure out a compliment to $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] such as something like $_SERVER['REMOTE_NAME']. Is there such a beast? You're not making any sense. For the

Re: [PHP] Questions about $_SERVER

2010-08-28 Thread Tamara Temple
Sorry, forgot to include the mailing list email when I replied to this originally... On Aug 28, 2010, at 8:28 PM, tedd wrote: Sorry for not making sense. But sometimes you have to confirm the players (both server and remote) in communications. Try this -- place this script on your site: