Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Rouvas Stathis
Miguel Cruz wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Rouvas Stathis wrote: > >Miguel Cruz wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > >>> I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I > >>> was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as g

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Erik Price
On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 11:46 AM, Rouvas Stathis wrote: > Preventing namespace pollution...now you convince me. > > I used the term "lazy programming" without explaining what I meant, > hence the misunderstanding. I refer to "lazy programming" in the sense > of not properly and thoroughl

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Rouvas Stathis
Erik Price wrote: > > On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 06:48 AM, Rouvas Stathis wrote: > > >> This change improves your security, so it'd be rational to be happy > >> about > >> it. > > > > No it doesn't. It just provides another excuse for lazy programming. > > Nothing will save a lazy programme

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Rouvas Stathis wrote: >Miguel Cruz wrote: >> >> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: >>> I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I >>> was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as good as >>> gone! What am I suppo

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Erik Price
On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 06:48 AM, Rouvas Stathis wrote: >> This change improves your security, so it'd be rational to be happy >> about >> it. > > No it doesn't. It just provides another excuse for lazy programming. > Nothing will save a lazy programmer or one that doesn't understand ba

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-23 Thread Rouvas Stathis
Miguel Cruz wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > > I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I > > was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as good as > > gone! What am I supposed to do?! > > Fix them! This direction was

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I > was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as good as > gone! What am I supposed to do?! Fix them! This direction was first announced in 4Q1999; 2.5 yea

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Rodolfo Gonzalez
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Leif K-Brooks wrote: > The only problem with that is that I have at least 50 scripts that are using > the old thing! You could auto_prepend the file which has the code for "backwards compatibility" of the variables. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To un

RE: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
s, caveat emptor... > > Alok > > > -Original Message- > > From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. > > net] On Behalf Of Leif K-Brooks > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:11 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Leif K-Brooks
The only problem with that is that I have at least 50 scripts that are using the old thing! on 4/22/02 5:14 PM, Adam Voigt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umm, use $_POST or $_GET or $_REQUEST from now on. Adam Voigt [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Eugene Lee
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:10:34PM -0400, Leif K-Brooks wrote: : : I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I : was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as good as : gone! What am I supposed to do?! Learn the new method. Or RTFM.

RE: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Alok K. Dhir
IL PROTECTED]. > net] On Behalf Of Leif K-Brooks > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0 > > > I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. > This is how I was taught to do it

Re: [PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Adam Voigt
Umm, use $_POST or $_GET or $_REQUEST from now on. Adam Voigt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:10:34 -0400, Leif K-Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I > was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my websi

[PHP] The so-called improvment in PHP 4.2.0

2002-04-22 Thread Leif K-Brooks
I use $formvar for form processing, I don't use the arrays. This is how I was taught to do it. If my host upgrades to 4.2.0, my website is as good as gone! What am I supposed to do?! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php