php 4:10 - override register_globals?

[Anon]

Hi,
Now that register_globals is (or will be) OFF by default (just like error_reporting) I'm facing a huge rewrite of existing code if my hosting provider decides that he wants to upgrade his php (and believe me, he will use default settings)

Is there any way to override register_globals and error_reporing runtime in your PHP script?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[[deleted]]

error_reporting yes;
error_reporting(E_ALL)

register globals, not sure, maybe by .htaccess. But register globals is evil.

[Anon]

Yes I know it is evil, but changing existing code on production sites is even more evil :-(

[Anon]

Found it!
Use

extract($_REQUEST);

to automatically 'import' all variables from the request array -> basically turns register_globals on for your current script

[[deleted]]

You never have to change the code on live servers, only on the test-mirrors, and when the code proves seaworthy, you copy to the live server. You do have a set of tests to make sure the scripts are sane? :-)

[[deleted]]

FYI: $REQUEST is php 4.1+ only if you want to test it on PHP <4.1, use the HTTP*_VARS arrays.