Why do people code presuming register_globals=on??

[TheIceman5]

this is the thing i cannot understand, peolpe code scripts that will work fine on their home webserver but upload it to a real webserver and find it dont work, simply because they code presuming register_globals=on, why do people do this?? very bad habit if you ask me.

[cahva]

You are right. When I started to code using $POST,$GET, etc., I found that actually its easier because then I know where some variable comes from(problem in large applications).

I guess some people still code the old fashioned way because large amount of tutorials are coded that way and havent been updated in ages..

[laserlight]

Well, for some it could be that they are unaware of the issue to begin with.

Also, some webservers change register_globals back to On so as not to break their clients' existing scripts, so the programmers involved end up taking it for granted.

[Sxooter]

Because only sloppy coders have security issues with it being on? 🙂

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by Sxooter
Because only sloppy coders have security issues with it being on? 🙂

LOL