register_globals in php.ini, security, and you!

[Guest]

Now that I have the webserver actually serving properly, I get this message when trying to get into the catalog folder:

 

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

 

Using global variables is a huge security risk. How can I go about getting osCommerce to work without enabling global variables? Can osCommerce work with local variables instead??

[Guest]

Apparently I can either change php.ini or set a .htaccess file with "php_value register_globals 1" in the oscommerce directories.

 

Anyone tried this yet?

[biohazardbill]

I used

 

then for some reason had to rename all the .htaccess files

[Guest]

Thanks. :) Rename them to what? .htaccess.old or something?