What does "EGPCS" mean in PHP?
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Solution
The manual about the directive might help you a bit more : `variables_order` (quoting) :
Sets the order of the EGPCS (Environment, Get, Post, Cookie, and Server) variable parsing. For example, if variables_order is set to "SP" then PHP will create the superglobals `$_SERVER` and `$_POST`, but not create `$_ENV`, `$_GET`, and `$_COOKIE`. Setting to "" means no superglobals will be set.
Also note (quoting again) :
The content and order of `$_REQUEST` is also affected by this directive.
I suppose this option was more important a while ago, when register_globals was still something used, as the same page states (quoting) :
If the deprecated `register_globals` directive is on (removed as of PHP 6.0.0), then variables_order also configures the order the ENV, GET, POST, COOKIE and SERVER variables are populated in global scope. So for example if variables_order is set to "EGPCS", register_globals is enabled, and both `$_GET['action']` and `$_POST['action']` are set, then `$action` will contain the value of `$_POST['action']` as P comes after G in our example directive value.
I don't see what I could add ; did this help ? Or is this something in this that causes you a problem ?
Problem
I found the following code in `php.ini`. what does that mean? And "PHP registers" -- what is that? ``` ; This directive describes the order in which PHP registers GET, POST, Cookie, ; Environment and Built-in variables (G, P, C, E & S respectively, often ; referred to as EGPCS or GPC). Registration is done from left to right, newer ; values override older values. variables_order = "EGPCS" ```