register_globals=off (FIX?)

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:58 am

I have read that the new version of PHP will have no globals! Hosting companies are slowly disabling the globals (register_globals=off) on the current versions as preparation for the next release and due to security issues.

I know PHPNUKE depends heavily on globals and I have seen what happened to "ComPilots" when the globals was turned off! (Absolute chaos)!

Does anyone know of a fix for this problem which will catch up with many of us in the very near future! Sad

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:13 pm

Searching for the register_globals problem I have, I have stumbled upon a few posts that led me to think that newer versions of PHPNUKE do not need the register_globals turned on. Is this correct? Can I assume that by upgrading to the newest version of PHPNUKE all my register_globals fears will disappear? (I am still working with the good old 5.5 ver.)

Hope to hear some good news soon...

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12397

Yes, phpNuke does not require register_globals.
It uses a bypass import_request_variables function to do the same thing that register_globals did. However, if hosts also deny usage of this function, then you may be in trouble (I don't know of any who restrict PHP this far)