Apache Friends Support Forum

I have installed XAMPP and am trying to bring up the index.php file in oscommerce, which I have unzipped in \htdocs, in my PhP editor, Maguma. I get the following:

FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!

After I do so by putting register_globals to on, I still get the same message. Could someone help? I am a total beginner! Thanks.

Albert Hurd

You must make the changes in the correct "php.ini" (because there are two there in different locations):
c:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini
and restart apache

Thanks for your prompt reply. I changed both php.ini files, the one in \apache and the one in \php. Are there any others?

Albert

No. XAMPP have only two. One for PHP as cgi (/php) and one for mod_php (/apache/bin).

You can verify the setting with:
http://localhost/xampp/phpinfo.php

Search for "Configuration File". This one is used.
And "register_globals". Is it reallly "off"?

(A third place for this setting is in the file "httpd.conf". But I think, XAMPP don't use this place.)

phpinfo shows register_globals as off for both local and master values, even though it was set to on in both php.ini files (I found no reference to register_globals in httpd.conf). Very strange. What do you suggest I try next. Thanks for all your help.

Albert

Got it to work by rebooting. Apparently changes were not recorded even when I restarted apache. Thanks so much for all your trouble.

Albert

HI abhurd

register_globals is a large security hole!

http://at.php.net/register_globals <-- look