Re: Completely stumped (still)

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Completely stumped (still)
Date	2014-02-25 16:06 -0500
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On 2/25/2014 2:27 PM, 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.  If
> that is so, register_globals is even far worse a feature than I thought.
>

That is how it works.  And while it seemed like a good idea in the 
beginning, as of PHP 4.2 the recommendation was not to use it any more.


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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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