Any reason not to use import_request_variables?

[kilbey1]

I just learned about the internal function import_request_variables yesterday (at http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.import-request-variables.php). I've been coding to this point with $POST and $GET. This sure would savea lot of time typing those. It sounds too good to be true; is there any reason to NOT use import_request_variables?

• Eve

[AstroTeg]

I'm not a security guru, but this seems critical:

Note: Although the prefix parameter is optional, you will get an E_NOTICE level error if you specify no prefix, or specify an empty string as a prefix. This is a possible security hazard. Notice level errors are not displayed using the default error reporting level.

I find globals are usually evil (was taught this in computer science as well). If you find yourself with a need to use globals, then you're probably tackling the coding problem incorreclty.