Wow, there are some really bitchy, unattractive people here. No wonder some people bail out of IT. Don't confuse knowledge for wisdom. On 1/9/07, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 9:17 PM -0500 1/5/07, <tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >You'll probably get 50 answers to this, but here's probably what happened. > >There's a setting called "register globals" that will turn your >name=me and age=27 into $name = "me" and $age = "27". It used to be >turned ON by default. This was generally considered to be bad >security, so it now defaults to OFF. > >To get these variables, just use the $_GET system variable. > >$name = $_GET['name']; >$age = $_GET['age']; > >Easy! > >Best of luck! > >-TG Just to add to -TG advice, you should also clean those inputs. IWO, make sure the values fall within what you expect. Basic security. tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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