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Doc Bug #17069 Session & register_globals
Submitted: 2002-05-07 05:57 UTC Modified: 2002-10-03 22:41 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (66.7%)
Same OS:2 (66.7%)
From: drnix at aha dot ru Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: Windows 2000
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-05-07 05:57 UTC] drnix at aha dot ru 
This code don't work properly:
----
<?php
session_start();
if (get_cfg_var('register_globals')) {
  if (!session_is_registered('step')) { 
    session_register("step");
    $step = 0;
  }
} else {
  if (!isset($_SESSION['step'])) {
    $_SESSION['step'] = 0;
  }
}
echo $_SESSION['step']++;
echo session_encode();
?>
<br><A HREF="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">Reload</A>
----

If register_globals is On, reload will increment counter. 

If register_globals is Off, session will "read_only" like. 
It create session file with zero length. Any write not occurs. 
session_encode() returns a empty string;

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 [2002-05-30 06:46 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
It's a mis-assumption that session_register()ing a global variable put's it into $_SESSION in the same request. 

Sessions never behaved this way.

The documentation should be clearer on this, reclassifying.
 [2002-08-23 08:04 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
I'm wondering if this is actually still true. Can anyone confirm this?
 [2002-10-03 22:41 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged
every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can
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In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at
http://www.php.net/manual/.

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