What is the difference in using $HTTP_POST_VARS['field'] and $_POST['field']? what makes the difference?
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A:
$HTTP_POST_VARS is the old (deprecated since PHP4.1.0) way of accessing POST data. You never use it nowadays, unless you are working on an ancient legacy application.
Gordon
2010-06-11 08:53:33
osCommerce: Is it "Ancient Legacy"?
OM The Eternity
2010-06-11 08:57:10
@OMTheEternity depends on which version you are using. If they have this in their actively maintained trunk, then it's just poor code. You should use $_POST nowadays.
Gordon
2010-06-11 09:00:12
OSCommerce has some of the crappiest code I've ever seen. It's still a decent system all in all, but some parts of the code base give you goose bumps.
Pekka
2010-06-11 09:20:05