Keep it mind that EGPCS is in that order for a reason. Changing it can open up security problems...
-JAson Garbeeeeeeeer At 01:16 PM 11/20/2001 -0800, Fred wrote: >If you want certain variables to over ride cookie variables you need to >change the setting of the variables_order directive in php.ini: > >variables_order string >Set the order of the EGPCS (Environment, GET, POST, Cookie, Server) variable >parsing. The default setting of this directive is "EGPCS". Setting this to >"GP", for example, will cause PHP to completely ignore environment >variables, cookies and server variables, and to overwrite any GET method >variables with POST-method variables of the same name. > >Fred > >Richard S. Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >Consider this code, in page1.php: > ><?php > setcookie("someWord","I am a cookie"); >?> > >...and this code, in page2.php: > ><?php > setcookie("someWord",$someWord); > print ("someWord says: $someWord"); > $someWord = "I am a variable"; > print ("< a href=\"page2.php?someWord=$someWord\" >Click here< /a > >"); >?> > >(In the actual code, the value of $someWord is passed via POST through a >form, but the principle is the same.) > >The first time I load page2.php, the output should be: > > someWord says: I am a cookie > >Which, of course, works perfectly. > >But each subsequent time I load page2.php, I want the output to be: > > someWord says: I am a variable > >and then set the value of the cookie "someWord" to "I am a variable". > >But that's not what happens. Everytime I load page2.php, someWord tells me >that it is a cookie. > >How do I get the value of the variable to override the value of the cookie? > > > > >Sliante, >Richard S. Crawford > >http://www.mossroot.com >AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is >invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > >"Push the button, Max!" > > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
