PHP4 and IIS

[Anon]

I have just installed PHP4.2.1 on Win2K and IIS ... I having problems with sessions and even passing variables.

example code: mytest.php

<?php
echo ''.$myvar.'';
?>

call it via the url ...

http://localhost/mytest.php?myvar=2333

resulting output is

**

What is going on ???

[Anon]

Found the problem ... this has been changed in 4.2.1. You have to change your php.ini to register_globals = On or change your code if you are porting between versions.

Here is the documentation if somebody else is hunting for the same issue

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17191