best way to call form values

[Anon]

I'm interesting in knowing what the best way to call form values are from PHP. Does PHP store them into a "form" array. The reason why i'm asking is this:

I've got a whole bunch of functions in the form processing script and I don't have to have to put the

global <list of vars>;

line in EACH function.

Is there a better way?

-Surojit

[Anon]

It is in a array $HTTP_POST_VARS[], but I don't know about whether or not to use the global line. I myself always use the global line with the actual variables, because then if I have to run my code on a server where track_vars and global_(something) (I can't remember exactly what the name of the property in php.ini is, but it makes all the PHP variables, like $PHP_SELF and stuff global variables without declaring them global in the functions) turned off.

--Jason

[Anon]

Ah... there is a register_globals parameter in the php.ini file. What are the implications of turning this Off. The commented section says that there are some security problems but I don't know what they could be.

-Surojit