Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/06/06 16:01

Geoff Berrow wrote:
> Message-ID: <lb2dnbcO6NE30OvYnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@comcast.com> from Jerry
> Stuckle contained the following:
>
>
>>>So - as long as I explicitly reference $_SESSION[] when continuing a
>>>session, I'm not subject to the security vulnerabilities of
>>>register_globals, right?
>>>
>>
>>True - but ANY misstep can be disastrous. The problem is,
>>
>>$i = $MyVar;
>>
>>doesn't cause an error of $MyVar hasn't been explicitly assigned a value
>>in your code, but it is in the $_SESSION, $_POST, $_GET or $_COOKIES
>>(forgot the last one)
>
>
> $_REQUEST ?
>

$_REQUEST is just a synonym for both $_POST and $_GET. But I don't use
it - it's too easy for a hacker to substitute $_POST values in the $_GET
request.

If I want the form to be posted, I always use $_POST.

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