{"id":668,"date":"2016-06-13T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2020-05-31T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T14:13:57","slug":"fix-php-register-globals-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/fix-php-register-globals-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix PHP register_globals errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using an old version of PHP, it is likely that you have seen errors as follows:\u00a0<strong><em>PHP Fatal error: Directive &#8216;register_globals&#8217; is no longer available in PHP in Unknown on line 0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PHP Fatal error: Directive &#8216;register_globals&#8217; is no longer available in PHP in Unknown on line 0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PHP Fatal error: Directive &#8216;register_globals&#8217; is deprecated in PHP 5.3 and greater in Unknown on line 0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, register_globals is a php setting which automatically fetches values from GET and POST forms into local variables inside your PHP script. This is a security risk, and hackers can easily guess the values and variables. Hence, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/check-update-php-version-cpanel\/\" >version 5.3 of PHP<\/a>, this directive has been removed from PHP and is no longer supported.<\/p>\n<h3>How to solve the register globals issue in PHP<\/h3>\n<p>If you get any of the above errors, chances are that you currently are being hosted on a server with PHP version above 5.3 or the web hosting company transfered your site from a server with old PHP to a server with latest PHP. In such cases,\u00a0 you need to search for a file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/what-is-a-domain-name\/\" >named php.ini under your domain<\/a> and comment the following line if found or change the value to 0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># register_globals=1;\r\n\r\nor\r\n\r\nregister_globals=0;<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the same will be present in any .htaccess file. Remove the line if found or change the value to off or &#8216;0&#8217;.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># php_flag register_globals on\r\n\r\nor\r\n\r\nphp_flag register_globals off<\/pre>\n<p>You can do the same via cpanel also. Login to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/create-cpanel-reseller-hosting-account-whm\/\" >cpanel account<\/a> using the cpanel login details. Once in the dashboard, go to Software -&gt; Select PHP Version.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php2.jpg\" alt=\"php2\" width=\"1343\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this new page, you can manage the PHP settings. Click on &#8216;Switch to PHP Options&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php6.jpg\" alt=\"php modules\" width=\"1337\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It will take you to a page where you can turn register_globals on or off. Choose Off and hit &#8216;Apply&#8217;. Scroll down and click &#8216;Save&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.copahost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/php11.jpg\" alt=\"php11\" width=\"1316\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can confirm the successful change in value by placing a phpinfo page in your site. Go to the public_html folder of your domain, and create a file named, say info.php, and enter the following contents to it.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">&lt;?php\r\n\r\nphpinfo();\r\n\r\n?&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My domain is copablog.com, now I can access the file as http:\/\/copablog.com\/info.php. 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