[RESOLVED] Strange PHP warning

[edwardp]

PHP Warning: Unknown: Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session extension does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to off, respectively. in Unknown on line 0

has anybody seen this before....should i do as it suggests or does anyone actually know wht the issue is? I am using PHP 5.1.5 on windows server 2003, IIS 6

[Rodney_H_]

I recently saw this very warning when running a script under similar environment.

The problem for me was one line of code:

<?php
$_SESSION['captcha'] = NULL;
?>

When I changed that line to the following, the warning went away:

<?php
$_SESSION['captcha'] = false;
?>

I am sure the problem is not exact for you, but perhaps if you tweak your script a little.... it will help.

Sorry I can'b of any more assistance.

[edwardp]

something to do with empty $_session indexes maybe then

[Rodney_H_]

perhaps.

what is your code?

[edwardp]

The warning (see first post) doesnt actually specifiy....i have many scripts in this web app

[edwardp]

I have just made a few changes to my scripts and im not getting this warning anymore

[Rodney_H_]

Great job! Was it similar to the case that I posted?