PHP :: Bug #4161 :: PUTENV() don't work, the variable "created" never appears

Bug #4161	PUTENV() don't work, the variable "created" never appears
Submitted:	2000-04-17 10:56 UTC	Modified:	2002-09-30 18:50 UTC
From:	pm at rednet dot com dot ar	Assigned:
Status:	Not a bug	Package:	Other
PHP Version:	3.0.16	OS:	Unix and NT
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2000-04-17 10:56 UTC] pm at rednet dot com dot ar

Sorry my english, I'm from Argentine

I'm trying to use PUTENV and GETENV to trace some actions from users.
I tested with the example from documentation

Example 1. Setting an Environment Variable

putenv("UNIQID=$uniqid");

Then on other page I used

echo getenv("UNIQID");
phpinfo();

And the variable created before never appear

I test with php_track_vars, ON and OFF with <?php_track_vars?>, and the result is the same.
I tested this on BSD and IRIX with apache and on NT with IIS4

Pablo Murillo
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[2002-09-30 18:50 UTC] hholzgra@php.net

putenv() affects the current process only

with cgi the effects are lost on script end,
and even with server modules the chance of
getting a new request served by the same 
process you did use putenv() in before is 
rather low ...

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