Re: [phplib-users] phplib and bookmarker - problem solved.

[Lindsay H. <fmo...@fm...>]

On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 15:00 -0500, A. F. Cano wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:20:14AM -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
> > ...
> > 
> > Check your php.ini file and see if register_long_arrays = On or Off.
> 
> It was On, but right above that was "register_globals = Off".  Turning
> that On solved the problem.  Admittedly that's the quick fix, as
> register_globals should be Off.  Maybe I'll dig into the code some more
> and figure out how to do away with the global variables, but at least
> bookmarker now works.

Having register_globals on is considered a significant security risk,
although in some circumstances you can get away with it.  I've seen it
exploited, and one of my hosting clients got in a fight with earthlink
after someone exploited their code and Earthlink hosting had
register-globals was on at the system level.  I think the necessity of
auto-registering globals was removed from PHPlib some time ago, but
perhaps not from bookmarker.

If the only problems you're having are with regard to logging in, you
should be able to add the following lines to any file that needs these
variables and the problem should be solved:

$username = $_POST["username"];
$password = $_POST["password"];

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