Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] $_GET variables

[Ed <co...@fu...>]

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 06:21  PM, Chad wrote:

> Well we've had a number of bugs submitted on pre 4.1 installs in the 
> past. The problem is many users have no control over what there server 
> admins put on the system, and getting them to upgrade may not be 
> possible. I think about two things:
>
> 1) Its extra work to change, not much but it is.
> 2) It decreases our possible install base.
>
> By contrast Squirrelmail just now started requiring 4.0.6 from 4.0.2. 
> I think our current level is fine for the moment. I'm sure we'll raise 
> it in the future.

I can see your point.  I think as long as we're maintaining proper 
security practices by not relying on register_globals, using the old 
global arrays is okay.  I doubt the $HTTP_* arrays will go away anytime 
soon, and if they do, it's simple enough to do a search and replace on 
them.

--
"it's like an addiction to idiocy" -j
-Ed