> 2. use a .htaccess file to change register_globals for your > domain / dir, as long as your Apache config file allows it. > http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php
As Justin stated, doing this (use of .htaccess) is possible if your host allows it. The following will work in .htaccess: php_flag register_globals on > 3. (untested) use ini_set() to turn them back on at a > per-script or per-config file level. > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php This will not work as expected, $_GET['foo'] will not be $foo with register_globals set via ini_set(). > 4. add this code to the top of your pages, or in a common > library of code / config file: > > <? > foreach($GLOBALS as $key => $value) > { $$key=$value; } > ?> This will not work, the whole point of register_globals is to register variables into the global scope, which is what $GLOBALS is. You're also trying to rewrite a ton of variables, such as $_GET. Not a good idea. To see what I mean, try: print_r($GLOBALS); Also note that $GLOBALS lives within $GLOBALS. As do all the PHP variables. > If you have this url: page.php?foo=bah, with register_globals off, > $foo will not be available in your script automatically, as it > was in older PHP versions. Just to be clear to everyone, register_globals is a directive that can be set in php.ini any time, in any version of PHP. Also read about the mysterious variables_order directive. > Using the above code, we scroll through the $GLOBALS array, and for > each key (eg foo) we assign a var of the same name (eg $foo) and > assign it the matching value (eg $foo = "bah"). As stated above, this will not work. register_globals = on will add 'foo' to $GLOBALS. > I think foreach() was only available in newer versions of PHP > though sorry. foreach has been around since PHP 4.0.0, see php.net/foreach for PHP 3 alternatives. Now, to hack them old scripts to work, consider using either extract() and/or import_request_variables(). These will allow you to easily mimik register_globals at runtime. I believe the following is a pretty good hack to get the job done: Goal: register a lot of variables into the global scope order: gpcss (order of $types_to_register) $types_to_register = array('GET','POST','COOKIE','SESSION','SERVER'); foreach ($types_to_register as $type) { $arr = @${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'}; if (@count($arr) > 0) { extract($arr, EXTR_OVERWRITE); } } Granted that it may not be identical to your register_globals, it may or may not be what you want so adjust accordingly. I've posted a few related replies to this topic, see: Re: Using the new AUTOGLOBALS http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=101803683730027 Re: tutorial on global variables http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=102036870428992 Regards, Philip Olson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
