PHP :: Bug #25724 :: register_long_arrays breaks superglobals

Bug #25724

register_long_arrays breaks superglobals

Submitted:

2003-10-02 04:55 UTC

Modified:

2004-03-18 09:00 UTC

Votes:	3
Avg. Score:	3.3 ± 1.2
Reproduced:	2 of 3 (66.7%)
Same Version:	0 (0.0%)
Same OS:	0 (0.0%)

From:

kauer at face-online dot de

Assigned:

Status:

Closed

Package:

Scripting Engine problem

PHP Version:

5CVS-2004-03-15

OS:

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

[2003-10-02 04:55 UTC] kauer at face-online dot de

Description:
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Using the binary from snaps.php.net, turning register_long_arrays off in .htaccess will make $_SERVER unavailable.

Reproduce code:
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File: .htaccess
php_flag register_long_arrays off

PHP:
var_dump($_SERVER);

Expected result:
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I expect to see a variable dump of $_SERVER.

Actual result:
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var_dump outputs NULL

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[2003-11-28 21:20 UTC] sniper@php.net

Reproducable with this quick'n'dirty way too:

# sapi/cli/php -d'register_long_arrays=off' -r 'var_dump($_SERVER);'

[2004-01-21 02:03 UTC] sniper@php.net

Only these superglobals are broken:

$_SERVER
$_ENV
$_REQUEST

All other work fine..

[2004-01-21 02:05 UTC] sniper@php.net

And both register_globals and register_long_arrays have to be off to reproduce this!

[2004-03-18 09:00 UTC] zeev@php.net

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
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