Enable register_globals in PHP 5.6

Question

I have a website that uses register_globals. My local php version is 5.6. I know that register_globals is DEPRECATED since PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED in PHP 5.4. But i have to make it work on PHP 5.6, Is there any way to make it work? And is there any problem when i develop on PHP 5.6 and deploy it to production which is use PHP 5.2? Thank you

Answer 1

It is not possible to enable as feature of PHP, but I have developed a library to emulate register_globals .

• https://github.com/gongo/merciful-polluter
• https://packagist.org/packages/gongo/merciful-polluter

merciful_polluter emulate register_globals and magic_quotes_gpc (Both were removed in PHP 5.4)

<?php
/**
 * example.com/?foo=3&bar=12
 */

(new Gongo\MercifulPolluter\Requst)->pollute();

global $foo, $bar;
var_dump($foo, $bar);

/**
 * int(3)
 * int(12)
 */

Support PHP versions are 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 7.0.

CAUTION: This library is just a emulator