DW CS5 with PHP: no "register_long_arrays" in php.ini

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Mr. Powers: I bought your book, “Adobe DW CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source.” I am running MAMP Pro 1.9.6 on a Mac Pro Intel, OS 10.6.8. Following your instructions in Chapter 2, I have changed ALL the settings per Table 2.1, EXCEPT “register_long_arrays” which I cannot find (searched every permutation in BBEdit) in either of the php.ini files listed. The php info v. 5.2.17 shows:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /Applications/MAMP/conf/php5.2

Loaded Configuration File: /Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP Pro/conf/php.ini

and the “PHP Core” section shows “register_long_arrays” = On.

Why can’t I find the setting in either php.ini file? Also, I have read that this setting has been deprecated in PHP 5.3; what does that mean to my configuration?

You recommend matching certain settings to the host’s server configuration; it would be very useful in avoiding potential problems to have a complete list of these configuration/parameter recommendations for a prospective host, don’t you think?

Ben M · Answer

I'm not David, but I can help out. The "register_long_arrays" is a feature that was deprecated in PHP 5.3. Even though you are running 5.2 I suspect that MAMP removed it from their installation as the preferred way of getting data from forms, sessions, etc. is to use the super globals $_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION, etc. Before you had to use $HTTP_GET_VARS instead of $_GET. So does it make a difference, no it shouldn't. But if you see any older tutorials referencing the $HTTP_*_VARS then you just need to be aware that you should be using the newer superglobal in its place.

http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.superglobals.php

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