Idea for PHP Enhancement: register_globals_manual

[127.0.0.1]

With all the problems with having register_globals = on, I propose the
following idea:

We define register_globals_manual = on as a new configuration default.

What this does is enable 3 new explicit variable declaration mechanisms
with the same syntax as the existing static and global mechanisms.

They would be httpget, httppost and session, so for example:

httpget $user_id;
httppost $credit_card;
session $really_important_stuff;

Each of these declaration lines would effectively enable
register_globals for one specific variable in one particular method
(GET, POST or session).

Creative suggestions, comments would be welcome.

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[Gerhard Fiedler]

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 07:50:03 +1300, Jochen Daum wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 09:11:23 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler <[e-mail]>
wrote:

because it helps me to make much safer code.

However, I don't understand how register_globals could help writing
safer code.

Me neither. But it is a method of producing bug free code, because it
minimizes globals.

Can you please explain how the use of register_globals minimizes
globals? As I see it, it creates a bunch of globals that otherwise
wouldn't exist.