Re: [PHP] _SESSION, _POST, and _GET
From: John W. Holmes (holmes072000_at_charter.net)
Date: 11/17/03
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:36:44 -0500 To: David T-G <davidtg-php@justpickone.org>
David T-G wrote:
> John, et al --
>
> ...and then John W. Holmes said...
> %
> % David T-G wrote:
> %
> % >I have successfully used extract() to
> % >pull the data out of _SESSION each time; yay.
> %
> % This whole question revolves around the reason you're even extract()ing
> % anything to begin with... Why not just use the $_SESSION, $_POST, etc
> % arrays where you need them. There's no reason to extract().
>
> OK; fair enough. 1) I was just shown it in a recent thread and it seemed
> like a lifesaver :-) 2) I want to get our existing code rewritten to "be
> good" and not lose stuff, like passwords and email addresses, that it's
> supposed to remember -- as quickly as possible.
>
> I know they're famous last words, but I figure I'll do it right later :-)
> [Hey, I'm even thinking of a full top-down rewrite anyway!]
If you're going to extract blindly from $_POST and $_GET, you might as
well just turn register_globals back on; that's what you've basically got.
There's absolutely no reason to extract $_XXX['var'] so you can use $var
instead of just using $_XXX['var'] wherever you need that value...
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