Jani Taskinen wrote: > Michael Shadle wrote: >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Christian Schneider >> <cschn...@cschneid.com> wrote: >> >>> There's a big difference between changing some rare features (and no, >>> 5.3 needs - almost no to - no changes with the code bases I know) and >>> removing something *everybody* uses. >>> >>> Apart from the fact that _REQUEST is not evil per se, the new setting >>> request_order turns it into something sane again... >>> >>> So please let's end (at least the public) discussion here ;-) >> >> Not *everybody* uses it. >> >> a) Once again I'll use python as an example, you -can- break backwards >> compatibility to finally break free of certain stigmas > > PHP != Python. PHP has lot more users. ;) > >> b) Would it be possible to tweak request_order so if it is blank, it >> does not even create $_REQUEST? That I suppose would be good enough >> for me. > > Just leave request_order empty in your php.ini and $_REQUEST will be > empty. Now, please stop spamming the list about this issue.
I think it defaults back to variables_order if you do that actually, but you could set it to just "G" and then $_REQUEST will be the same as $_GET which should also be fine for people who don't like to mix them. -Rasmus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
