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Dealing w/ register_globals

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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:10 PST [diff]

Spending time around osCommerce like I do, I spend some time fixing scripts that use register_globals when they shouldn't. I realized the fastest method to dealing with them is to do some VIM magic, combined with some quick PHP thinking

Step 1: get all the POST keys

foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value)

{

    echo "$key<br>";

}

Step 2: Happy magic super VIM time (with justice)

:%s/^.*$/\$& = $_POST[&];/g

Step 3: hackish hackish Sally

Don't ask... The name Sally came to mind (I don't even know anyone named Sally...).

You throw the newly generated buffer that looks like:

$zarg = $_POST[zarg];

$fnord = $_POST[fnord];

into the appropriate place and bam, you now have a reference to everything w/ register_globals. I'm not sure this is the greatest solution, but when modifying lots of stupid code, feel free to go to town. Sucka.

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Epiphanic Networks' Wikka : VIMPHPRegisterGlobalsToSanity

Dealing w/ register_globals

Step 1: get all the POST keys

Step 2: Happy magic super VIM time (with justice)

Step 3: hackish hackish Sally