Setting $HTTP_GET_VARS locally?

future_man

I've got a situation where passed $HTTP_GET_VARS are not accessible as local vars (ie. $var) on the receiving page.

I find this curious as I thought that they were available in this manner as a default.

I'm also interested in a quick fix, and was wondering if a bit of code along the following lines might do the trick:

foreach ($HTTP_GET_VARS as $key=>$value) {
$key = $value;
}

I know that for this to work I would need to modify the above code to actually set the local var... and that as it is now, it will try and set the value of $key instead of $($key).

Any ideas?

thanks!

dalecosp

Originally posted by future_man
I've got a situation where passed $HTTP_GET_VARS are not accessible as local vars (ie. $var) on the receiving page.

I find this curious as I thought that they were available in this manner as a default.

Not anymore! Register Globals is now set to OFF as default...this is becoming quite well know, methinks.

I'm also interested in a quick fix, and was wondering if a bit of code along the following lines might do the trick:
foreach ($HTTP_GET_VARS as $key=>$value) {
$key = $value;
}
I know that for this to work I would need to modify the above code to actually set the local var... and that as it is now, it will try and set the value of $key instead of $($key).

Any ideas?

thanks! [/B]

I think I used that exact hack for a while after the change was made. But, what's wrong with doing it right?

$_GET['name'];

cgraz

:: takes deep breath ::

not only doing it right as dalecosp mentioned, but once you get used to coding in an environment where globals are on, then have to make a site on a different server, and you write all your code and realize it doesn't work properly because globals are off (as PHP has set by default), you'll regret not getting in the habit of coding for globals being off in the first place. 😉

that was one sentence!

Cgraz

future_man

Thanks guys. Your comments make alot of sense. Thanks for clearing things up.

John