Which, in all fairness, is something that needed done. But the fault is really PHP's more so than RedHat's, and that's a rant for another time.
Yeah. However, it was right when Redhat were saying that they weren't going to support the old version anymore. "Upgrade or die!" which means that you suddenly have to rewrite a LOT of code.
That isn't entirely true. While I've never used register_globals in my own code, for 3rd party code that does use it you can always use "php_flag register_globals on" in .htaccess or httpd.conf for that virtual host or directory. PHP has always been very good at retaining backwards compatibility. As an aside it's easy to spot shit 3rd part PHP. Configure your server with register_globals off and safe mode on. Most php apps die in a hideous way. For a long time now I've coded my PHP sites with both of those turned on. There are a number of those options you should setup as par for the course with PHP but that's something for a different discussion. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com