Will YaBB SE 1.3.0 work with php 4.2.0 default settings?

[b4zz]

I was just about to install YaBB SE 1.3.0 when i noticed that I couldnt get any further than the intro page in install.php.

I just looked abit in the code and saw this line:
elseif($step == 'zero')
$step is set thru the the URL /install.php?step=zero

But that code isnt right by php 4.2.0 default php.ini file where register_globals is set Off.

Will YaBB SE 1.3.0 work correctly after installing it, or are there more places where it expect register_globals is set to On ?

Im asking this because if i am gonna get alot of these, id rather wait until there is a new version which doesnt require register_globals = On  


/b4zz

[Jeff Lewis]

SE is built assuming register globals is on.  A couple of solutions were posted so far...I'll try to find them.

[Jeff Lewis]

Add this to the top of your install.php file and see if it helps:

ini_set ( "register_globals", 1);

[b4zz]

That didnt work for me.
I also tried this, just to see if id would work:
<?
$mode = ini_get("safe_mode");
echo $mode;
?>
That didnt give any output either.

I could set register_globals = On.. but how close is a newer YaBB release where this new default php setting could be taken in consideration?


/b4zz

[Jeff Lewis]

Nobody is working on one.  Do you have access to change register globals in the ini file?

[b4zz]

Yes its my very own freshly installed freebsd server.
I installed the newest apache, mysql and php.
because I wanted to make sure that every script that it runs is as secure and supported as well as it can be.

I did have a problem with some script on my older installation. some scripts wouldnt work out-of-the-box because of things like this: mysql_unbuffered_query
it had to be changed to: mysql_query

So I installed the newest of everything, also because I have heard something about a serious security flaw in a php upload function or something.

But as soon as I got everything up and running I ran into new problems.. simple stuff like: echo $HTTP_HOST;
wouldnt work now, people on usenet told me that now it had to be $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].. supposedly this would make people make neat'ier phpcoding!?.


/b4zz

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah it's supposed to  Anyway, I'm working on something for this - see the News From SE Team board...

[Jedi~]

Jeff, ini_set only works for the duration of the script

[Jeff Lewis]

Jedi, and that's all someone would want...the duration of a call to SE.  besides, it doesn't matter anymore as we have code that is coming out for 1.4

[Jedi~]

But if it's in install.php, how is that going to affect the actual forum itself, it'd need to be in index.php would it not?

[Jeff Lewis]

Don't worry, 1.4 will work fine...

[Jedi~]

Hehe, I bet it will, but I tested it and ini_set at the beggining of index.php fixes it, lol.

[Jeff Lewis]

 

Why don't you beat it to death?  ini_set doesn't work in safe mode...