[PHP-DOC] Bug #15714 Updated: Variables from outside PHP page doesn't mention new $_* arrays From: hholzgra <email protected>
Date: 06/17/02

 ID: 15714
 Updated by: hholzgra <email protected>
 Reported By: m.ford <email protected>
 Status: Open
 Bug Type: Documentation problem
 PHP Version: 4.1.1
 Assigned To: philip
 New Comment:

fixed on language.variables.predefined.php
but not language.variables.external.php

Previous Comments:
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[2002-05-30 11:12:04] philip <email protected>

Okay, time for a rewrite.

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[2002-02-25 11:23:07] m.ford <email protected>

The manual page "Variables from outside PHP"
(language.variables.external.php), under "HTML Forms (GET and POST)",
doesn't mention the new $_* arrays, nor that track_vars is now always
on. I suggest revision to read something like the following:

"When a form is submitted to a PHP script, any variables from that form
will be automatically made available to the script by PHP. If the
track_vars configuration option is turned on (always, as of version
4.0.3), then these variables will be located in the associative arrays
$HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS, and/or $HTTP_POST_FILES, according to
the source of the variable in question. From version 4.1.0 onward,
they will also be in the new superglobal arrays $_POST, $_GET and
$_FILES; POST and GET values will also be in the composite array
$_REQUEST.

"For more information on these variables, please read Predefined
variables.

[Example 7-1 snipped]

"When the above form is submitted, the value from the text input will
be available in $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'] and, from version 4.1.0,
$_POST['username'] and $_REQUEST['username']. If the register_globals
configuration directive is turned on, then the variable will also be
available as $username in the global scope."

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