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How to enable register_globals?

Web Hosting 07/11/2026
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some softwares requires Register_globals to be on.</span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The server global option as part of our security practise default register_globals=off.</span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">To work around, hosting account holders have to do the following:</span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use of php.ini<br />1) Create/Edit the "<strong>php.ini</strong>" file<br />2) Type "<strong>register_globals=on</strong>" in the "<strong>php.ini</strong>" file<br />3) Upload to the folder that contains the script<br />4) Refresh that page and try again</span></p>
<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use of htaccess<br />1) Create/Edit the "<strong>.htaccess</strong>" file<br />2) Type "<strong>php_flag register_globals on" i</strong>n the "<strong>.htaccess</strong>" file<br />3) Upload to the folder that contains the script<br />4) Refresh that page and try again</span></p>
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<p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Contact our support department should you need further assistance</span></p>
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