FATAL ERROR: register_globals

[rustang289]

how do I enable this I tried to edit the file and where it said ......
php_admin_flag register_globals off I changed the off to on and nothing

[ChrisP666]

delete the php_admin_flag register_globals off and change it to:

php_flag register_globals on

make sure you put that in your .htaccess file

[justedee]

Last night some brilliant person told me to create a note pad file called php.ini and within it put

register_globals=on

Then stick it in the admin and root directory.
It worked!

~eDee

[ryankan1]

Originally Posted by justedee

Last night some brilliant person told me to create a note pad file called php.ini and within it put

register_globals=on

Then stick it in the admin and root directory.
It worked!

~eDee

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it a security hazard to enable register_globals?

Regards
Ryan

[Bulli]

Hi everyone,

I am putting up a new store in Brazil, testing and checking many shopping carts.
Facing a lot of problems, etc. (not much knowledge in PHP)

And off course I ran into this one also. Since register_globals is off and the host will not turn it on. No accesss to PHP.ini, and its trick worked in one of the installation.

The second trick was the .htaccess

{QUERY_STRING}
<ifModule mod_php5.c>
php_value register_globals On
</ifModule>


I tried the two solutions with different versions and types of oscommerce; they sometimes worked sometimes not.

Till this last time NONE had worked out for me.
Well I had to figure a way out, I found a solution (not the best one) but worked fine for the installation and the store is up and running.


Open this file and comment out // Check if register_globals is enabled.

catalog\install\includes\ application.php

Like this:

// Check if register_globals is enabled.
// Since this is a temporary measure this message is hardcoded. The requirement will be removed before 2.2 is finalized.
// if (function_exists('ini_get')) {
// ini_get('register_globals') or exit('FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!');
// }

This done the trick for me this last time, could save someone’s day.

Not sure if it has any impact, but so far so good, the store is running without a problem, at least till now.

Regards,
Bulli