///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// php4-1-0_varfix.php January 09, 2001
// by Tom Harrison (thetomharrison@hotmail.com)
//
// According the the PHP Changelog, the version 4.1.0 release of PHP contains
// a drastic change in the way form, cookie and server values are made
// available. Instead of the old way
// (file.php?myvar=foobar yielding $myvar = "foobar"), such values are only
// assigned to associative arrays ($_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER
// and $_ENV). This has the effect of not only deprecating the $HTTP_*_VARS
// arrays and $fieldname = "fieldvalue" variables, but also
// voiding hundreds, if not thousands of existing web applications. As of
// 4.1.1, the $HTTP_*_VARS variables still exist, but the
// $fieldname = "fieldvalue" variables are completely gone.
//
// In an effort to preserve backwards compatability, this script cycles through
// these new structures and creates variables out of the field values. This
// means if you include this script at the top of your own scripts and run them
// on php 4.1.0, $yourformvalue or $yourcookievalue will contain the value
// you're expecting instead of nothing (as is the case if you ran your script
// without some kind of fix like this).
//
// The entire situation can be avoided by enabling register_globals. In 4.1.0,
// register_globals is deprecated but still on by default. In 4.1.1 however, it
// is off by default. This snippet is intended for those who don't have control
// over php's settings (such as virtually hosted sites) and need a quick fix
// while they transition their scripts to this arguably more secure method
// of making data available.
//
// For more information, see http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if (isset($_REQUEST)) {
while(list($varname, $varvalue) = each($_REQUEST)) { $$varname = $varvalue; }
}
if (isset($_SERVER)) {
while (list($varname, $varvalue) = each($_ENV)) { $$varname = $varvalue; }
while (list($varname, $varvalue) = each($_SERVER)) { $$varname = $varvalue; }
}
/*
There is no use yet for this function, but is included in anticipation of the
possibility of the $HTTP_*_VARS being fully deprecated.
function create_HTTP_VARS($type)
{
$temp = array();
switch(strtoupper($type))
{
case 'POST': $temp2 = &$_POST; break;
case 'GET': $temp2 = &$_GET; break;
case 'COOKIE': $temp2 = &$_COOKIE; break;
case 'SERVER': $temp2 = &$_SERVER; break;
case 'ENV': $temp2 = &$_ENV; break;
default: return 0;
}
while (list($varname, $varvalue) = each($temp2)) {
$temp[$varname] = $varvalue;
}
return ($temp);
}
if (!isset($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
$HTTP_POST_VARS = create_HTTP_VARS('POST');
$HTTP_GET_VARS = create_HTTP_VARS('GET');
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS = create_HTTP_VARS('COOKIE');
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS = create_HTTP_VARS('SERVER');
$HTTP_ENV_VARS = create_HTTP_VARS('ENV');
}
*/
?>
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I wish to thank some people and organizations, that made this tool possible.
Without them it still were slow, proprietary software for just one OS.
Or, maybe it would not exist at all.
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(Free) Software
MySQL
for their great free database.
Perl
for the possibility of writing programms without a single alphanumeric character :-) and
all the people whose modules can be used for free.
Apache
for the great webserver.
PHP
for saving my life.
ImageMagick
- where has this program been the last ten years?
Mozilla
- best browser ever.
vim
- the official fontlinge coding editor
fontforge
- (aka pfaedit) a very, very good GPLed fonteditor
sodipodi
- a good editor for vector graphics in linux
inkscape
- another good editor for vector graphics in linux
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People
Christian Boltz for finding every bug and suggesting new ones. See his site about wine*)
here
and his homepage
here.
*) No, not the emulator. Wine. Drinking. You know? Better than beer. (Is still discussed)
stacheldraht.org (german content) She's not friendly.
The Schaumburger Computerclub is always in motion (german language).
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