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[Phillip Powell]

Scott Mattocks wrote:

> Phillip Powell wrote:
>
>> Did this include PHP 4.3.6 as well?
>>
>> I was told that you cannot change the value of an autoglobal in a 
>> function or method with register_globals on and expect to retain that 
>> change upon exit, you'd have to globalize the autoglobal before you 
>> exit.
>
>
> That doesn't make any sense.  A global's scope is global.  If your 
> changes don't affect the variable in the global scope then it isn't a 
> really a global is it?  I have a hard time believing that in 4.3.6 a) 
> $_SESSION is not a global and/or b) the value of register_globals has 
> any effect on the way unset() works.
>
> I don't think that the PHP version or the state of register_globals is 
> your problem, but you could check the change log to see what has 
> changed between the two versions.


I read the change logs in PHP 4.3.2 vs PHP 4.3.6 in the PHP manual and 
it was hard to follow.  Therefore, I did a hack and it worked:

[PHP]
if ((int)ini_get('register_globals') === 1) ini_set('register_globals', 
false);
session_cache_limiter();
session_start();
// REST OF CODE
[/PHP]

Phil

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