[FX.php List] Annoying PHP warning

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

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2008/9/7 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> Again, I'm sorry to hijack Bob's original email.  I'm thinking that we can
> learn something by adding in my similar experiences.
> On that, I don't have a current error, I'm going from past experience.
> However, I do often use the same name for $_SESSION variables and regular
> variables.  Plus it is my practice to have register_globals set to off. And
> I don't use session_register.
> I will keep an eye out for the next time it occurs.
> Thanks for the feedback.
> Jonathan
> At 7:45 PM +0200 9/7/08, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>
> Well, I don't really know for sure. I haven't encountered that error myself
> and therefore haven't fixed it either.
>
> So, you're saying that you have a "yes" to #2, but not #1 (in the cases of
> #2), when you encountered the same error?
>
> I'm merely trying to see what could be the cause, but I don't know anything
> yet :-)
>
> Bob; Is it possible to see the code that might be causing this error?
>
> 7 sep 2008 kl. 18.06 skrev Jonathan Schwartz:
>
> Hmmm...not to hijack Bob's email....but I have definitely used the same name
> for regular variables and $_SESSION variables in the same script/solution.
> Thsi is a no-no?
>
> Answer to other questions is "no".
>
> J
>
> At 3:52 PM +0200 9/7/08, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> 1) Do you have the setting register_globals set to On?
>
> 2) Do you somewhere in your code use variable names such as $myVar where a
> session variable with the same name (for example $_SESSION['myVar']) is/have
> been used?
>
> 3) Are you using session_register() somewhere in your code, such as
> session_register('variable_name')?
>
> I've never seen that error before, but my guess is that #2 is the problem
> (and to be fair, #1 is in error as well ;-)
>
>
> 7 sep 2008 kl. 03.36 skrev Bob Patin:
>
> I'm getting this warning, and I *think* it's because I have an undeclared
> variable, but if that's the case I can't find it.
>
> Can anyone tell me the most common cause for this error?
>
> ERROR MSG:
>
> Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect
> which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advised that the session extension
> does not consider global variables as a source of data, unless
> register_globals is enabled. You can disable this functionality and this
> warning by setting session.bug_compat_42 or session.bug_compat_warn to off,
> respectively. in Unknown on line 0
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Patin
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