Hi All
I am trying to move a huge number of sites from an old Apache (Windows) installation to our Virtualmin site, but we have encountered a problem doing this.
On the old setup we allow for GET variables in the URL, so if you used the following URL
http://domain.tld/test.php?id=22&type=highprofile
In the test.php file our users normally read the URL just by referring directly to the variable $id and $type.
But when we moves the sites to Virtualmin the variables are not available because they doesn't use the method $get_['id'] and $get_['type'] to get access to them.
Is it possible to active this within the actual virtual site so that we doesn't have to edit / change millions of lines of code for our users???
Looking forward to hear from anyone how can help me regarding this.
-Tim
Well, that's an old-style way of accessing variables in PHP. The ability to do that is no longer something PHP enables by default, and is considered a bit of a security risk.
However, if you'd like to enable that, what you can do is edit the php.ini file, and set "register_globals" to "On".
You can read more about that here:
http://php.net/manual/en/security.globals.php
Hi Jamie
Yes, I know that it may be a security risk but I can't demand the users to change it before moving it to the new server :/ Is it possible to activate this for the specific sites needed, so that it won't be a global setting like on the old server?
I found this in the Virtualmin -> Services -> PHP 5 Configuration -> PHP Variables
Turn all input into global variables? Turn command-line parameters into global variables?
Have this anything to do with the "register_globals" option?
-Tim
Howdy,
You can enable that per-domain, if your domains are using the default FCGID or CGI PHP Execution Mode. If you're using "mod_php", you'd have to enable it server-wide.
I think the variable you're seeing there is what you'd want. Alternatively, you could edit $HOME/etc/php.ini, and enable register_globals there.
-Eric
Hi Eric
Sorry, I didn't read that it was you that replied my post and not Jamie ;) It worked by changing the 2 settings within the PHP Variables.
Thanks alot
-Tim