FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini and strange solution

[pinakas]

Hi,

 

Today two strange thinks happed:

 

1. my oscommerce shops is working, but my admin page show the follwing error:

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

 

THE PROBLEM LIES ONLY IN THE ADMIN PAGE.

 

I contacted with the support and the guy changed the htaccess file of admin to:

AuthType basic

AuthName "Secured area"

AuthUserFile /hsphere/local/home/****/.htmaster/admin

Require valid-user

 

AddHandler php4-script .php

Action php4-script /php4bin/php

php_flag register_globals On

 

What the hell is the script ? as he told me that i need to upgrade the oscommerce to php 5 (?) :(

Why the problem happened ? as I did not made any modification

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AddHandler php4-script .php

Action php4-script /php4bin/php

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I saw the info of the server and i am running:

PHP Version 4.4.7 and mysql 5.0

[web-project]

oscommerce easily support up to PHP version 5.2.x simply enable the register_globals. Do the search in contribution db & you will find plenty contributions.