Re: VERY HIGH VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE !!! MASS ROOT POSSIBLE !!! PLEASE BE ATTENTIVE !!!

[Rudolf Polzer <divzero () gmail com>]

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:56:50 +0200, Maarten <fulldisc () ultratux org> wrote:
> Indeed.  But the fact that many READMEs of php code still say something like
> "Sadly, there is a bug in <distribution foobar> in the php.ini file. Set
> register_globals to ON, otherwise this software will not function."
> That they even dare calling it a "bug" is beyond arrogance.

IMHO it will be nice if one could override some php.ini settings on a
per-script basis. For example at parsing time using a comment like

<?php5
#[smartquotes=on register_globals=off]
?>

of course not all settings should be able to be overridden...

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