Re: converting scripts for register_globals=Off

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Since I have a thing for using one file for all things in i.e. an admin script, I use POST and GET variables at the same time. Getting them mixed up is extremely hazardous.. I do stuff like:
<a href="admin.php?action=delete&id=2">Delete post</a>
which leads to the section of the admin script;
<?php
if ($_GET['action'] == "delete" && $_GET['id']) {
// lots of PHP doing lots of stuff
} else {
// the link
}
?>
Now, if there's a POST variable named ID containing an INT matching the database, and I use $_REQUEST instead of $_GET, I'm in trouble!


Mike


On Apr 29, 2004, at 11:00, Ignatius Reilly wrote:


even better:
$_REQUEST['variable_name']

so that you don't have to bother checking both depending on whether your
form was GETted or POSTed.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikael Grön" <emgee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Kim Jacobs (Crooks) - Mweb" <KJacobs@xxxxxxxx>; <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: converting scripts for register_globals=Off



What register_globals does (Please correct me if I'm wrong) is convert i.e. $_POST['variable_name'], $_GET['variable_name'] and so on to $variable_name. which isn't very good from my point of view.

I suggest you make sure you use $_GET['your_variable'] when ever you're
fetching a GET variable, $_POST['var'] for all post variables and so
on, instead of what you're doing now.
This works just fine with register_globals = On as well, so I always
use it... to be safe..

Mike


On Apr 29, 2004, at 10:40, Kim Jacobs (Crooks) - Mweb wrote:


if any of you could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it... I am
an absolute beginner to php (2 weeks now) and dont know what I dont
know...

I have written some scripts to access my online SQL db and I've tested
the scripts on my machine with PHP 4.3.6 and register_globals = On
Now where I host my site, uses PHP 4.3.5 and has register_globals =
Off which means of course, that my scripts arent working, but I dont
know why....

My question is, how do I convert my scripts so that they will work
please? I know that $id and $submit are two of the 'inputs' that it
doesnt like, but I dont know the rest

Tx
K


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