crazy script prints variable value from other scripts?

[squash@peoriadesignweb.com]

I have spent two hours trying to make sense of this script, called
crazy.php. The output should be nothing because $cookie_passwor d is
nowhere defined in this script, correct? But it actually outputs the
value that other scripts i have running set it to. Why should crazy.php
care what other scripts are running that use that variable name??


<?php

crazy();

////////////////////////////

function crazy() {

global $cookie_passwor d;

echo $cookie_passwor d;

} // end function

?>

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: crazy script prints variable value from other scripts?

squash@peoriade signweb.com wrote:

I have spent two hours trying to make sense of this script, called
crazy.php. The output should be nothing because $cookie_passwor d is
nowhere defined in this script, correct? But it actually outputs the
value that other scripts i have running set it to. Why should crazy.php
care what other scripts are running that use that variable name??
>
>
<?php
>
crazy();
>
////////////////////////////
>
function crazy() {
>
global $cookie_passwor d;
>
echo $cookie_passwor d;
>
} // end function
>
?>
>

Are you including this script in another one?

Do you have register_global s set to on?

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[squash@peoriadesignweb.com]

Re: crazy script prints variable value from other scripts?

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

Are you including this script in another one?

nope, the script is just being run alone. it is not included from
anywhere

Do you have register_global s set to on?

i am on a shared host and did a phpinfo and got this:

register_global s On On

so that must be it!

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: crazy script prints variable value from other scripts?

squash@peoriade signweb.com wrote:

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>

>>Are you including this script in another one?

>
>
nope, the script is just being run alone. it is not included from
anywhere
>
>

>>Do you have register_global s set to on?

>
>
i am on a shared host and did a phpinfo and got this:
>
register_global s On On
>
so that must be it!
>

Get another host. I wouldn't trust any host who runs with it on.

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