# buddhamagnet@xxxxxxxxx / 2007-01-09 17:36:55 +0000: > Wow, there are some really bitchy, unattractive people here. No wonder some > people bail out of IT. Don't confuse knowledge for wisdom. I don't see anything bitchy in the whole email. Don't confuse terseness with bitching. Oh, and also don't top-post, thanks. > 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. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
