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Re: Completely stumped (still)

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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:

> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 2/24/2014 6:53 PM, Richard Yates 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@salemharvest.org" }
>>>              }
>>>
>>> The second:
>>>     string(23) "dyates@salemharvest.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.
> 
> I'm still confused that it seems that register_globals makes the
> respective global variables *references* to the session variables.

Or both of them are references to the same array element.  Whatever the 
implementation, it is the case that they yield the same value then, and it 
is – if I may say so – a *logical* consequence of how register_globals is 
supposed to work.  $*_VARS were first.

> If that is so, register_globals is even far worse a feature than I
> thought.

ACK.
 

PointedEars
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Completely stumped Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 14:51 -0800
  Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 15:53 -0800
    Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-25 01:11 +0100
      Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 16:24 -0800
        Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-25 01:49 +0100
          Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-25 03:37 +0100
            Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-24 22:01 -0500
              Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-25 19:38 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-25 14:06 -0500
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-25 20:28 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-25 16:04 -0500
    Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-24 20:59 -0500
      Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 19:00 -0800
        Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-24 22:04 -0500
          Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 21:09 -0800
            Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-24 21:30 -0800
      Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-25 20:27 +0100
        Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-25 20:34 +0100
          Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-25 22:46 +0100
            Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-25 23:30 +0100
              Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-26 00:03 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-26 00:29 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-26 19:50 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-02-26 22:20 +0100
                Re: Completely stumped (still) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-02-27 00:21 +0100
        Re: Completely stumped (still) Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2014-02-25 12:39 -0800
        Re: Completely stumped (still) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-02-25 16:06 -0500

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