| Re: Completely stumped (still) [message #185058 is a reply to message #185048] |
Tue, 25 February 2014 05:09   |
Richard Yates
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:04:47 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
> On 2/24/2014 10:00 PM, Richard Yates wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:59:47 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
>> <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>>> I inserted var_dump successively at each stage in the script to see
>>>> where it changes from the (correct) array to a (incorrect) string. I
>>>> narrowed it down to ONE statement, but cannot see how that could
>>>> possibly change the variable. Here's the section with var_dump, then
>>>> the one statement, and then the var_dump repeated exactly.
>>>>
>>>> var_dump($_SESSION['to']);
>>>> $to=$_SESSION['to'][$ct]['email'];
>>>> var_dump($_SESSION['to']);
>>>>
>>>> The output of the two var_dumps is:
>>>>
>>>> The first:
>>>> array(1) { [0]=> array(3)
>>>> { ["fname"]=> string(4) "Dick"
>>>> ["lname"]=> string(5) "Yates"
>>>> ["email"]=> string(23) "dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org" }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> The second:
>>>> string(23) "dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org"
>>>>
>>>> If I comment out the second line (that sets $to), the second var_dump
>>>> comes out correct. Am I losing my mind?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The failing server has register_globals enabled.
>>>
>>> This value changed to default to OFF in PHP 4.2, has been deprecated in
>>> PHP 5.3, and removed in PHP 5.4. If your hosting company won't disable
>>> it, find another hosting company.
>>>
>>> It sounded like a good idea when it was first implemented many years
>>> ago, but has caused more problems than it has solved. Therefore it has
>>> been removed from current releases.
>>
>> Thank you, Jerry. You are correct - I checked phpinfo() and found
>> register_globals enabled. I don't have a choice about the server,
>> unfortunately. FYI it is at networksolutions.com. Changing the name of
>> the variable $to has fixed the problem.
>>
>> Richard Yates
>>
>
> Yes, you do have a choice. There are much better (and less expensive)
> hosting companies around.
The other sites I manage I have a choice about (and highly recommend
Total Choice Hosting), but this one has software I wrote and installed
where someone else owns the site.
I will see if register_globals can be turned off for this particular
site and, otherwise, I assume I have to check all SESSION variable
names to see if they might interfere with other variables names that I
use.
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