aidan Sat Sep 11 09:32:52 2004 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/appendices ini.xml
Log:
Removed excessive register_globals information and transfered it to FAQ section
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&ty=u
Index: phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml:1.8 phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml:1.9
--- phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml:1.8 Sat Aug 7 13:25:31 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/appendices/ini.xml Sat Sep 11 09:32:52 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
<appendix id="ini">
<title>List of core &php.ini; directives</title>
@@ -464,21 +464,15 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Tells whether or not to register the EGPCS (Environment, GET,
- POST, Cookie, Server) variables as global variables. For example;
- if register_globals = on, the URL
- <literal>http://www.example.com/test.php?id=3</literal> will produce
- <varname>$id</varname>. Or, <varname>$DOCUMENT_ROOT</varname> from
- <varname>$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']</varname>. You may want to turn
- this off if you don't want to clutter your scripts' global scope with
- user data. As of PHP <ulink url="&url.php.release4.2.0;">4.2.0</ulink>,
- this directive defaults to <emphasis>off</emphasis>. It's preferred to
- go through PHP <link linkend="reserved.variables">Predefined Variables
- </link> instead, such as the
- <link linkend="language.variables.superglobals">superglobals</link>:
- <varname>$_ENV</varname>, <varname>$_GET</varname>,
- <varname>$_POST</varname>, <varname>$_COOKIE</varname>, and
- <varname>$_SERVER</varname>. Please read the security chapter on
+ Whether or not to register the EGPCS (Environment, GET,
+ POST, Cookie, Server) variables as global variables.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ As of <ulink url="&url.php.release4.2.0;">PHP 4.2.0</ulink>,
+ this directive defaults to <emphasis>off</emphasis>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Please read the security chapter on
<link linkend="security.globals">Using register_globals</link>
for related information.
</para>
@@ -487,7 +481,7 @@
cannot be set at runtime (<function>ini_set</function>). Although, you can
use &htaccess; if your host allows it as described
above. An example &htaccess; entry:
- <userinput>php_flag register_globals on</userinput>.
+ <userinput>php_flag register_globals off</userinput>.
</para>
<note>
<para>
