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wowheaded posted 9th of October 2008 in Community Voice. 5 comments.

Since being scriptkiddied the other day, I've been looking for information about turning the register_globals OFF.

I'm hosted with Hostgator and, after researching their forums, I noticed that they generally run sites with the register_globals ON by default. Obviously, this is problematic.

Looking into things more, I noticed that the alteration to turn the reg's OFF has to be made in the php.ini file in the public_html, however I couldn't find that file in there. I had to contact hostgator, via their online chat and the tech implemented the file for me and turned the register_globals to OFF.

If you're on hostgator, please insure to get the reg turned off asap. If you're lost as to what to do, just contact their live representatives and they can sort it out for you.

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justinlutzfl•9th of October 2008

If you have cpanel - you can implement the php.ini file yourself.

*Go to software/services section
*Select php config
*You can sometimes select Ion Cube or Source Guardian
*Then click the button to install the php.ini master file
*Check public_html and php.ini should be there

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praveenkv1988•10th of October 2008•to justinlutzfl

hello justinlutzfl,

That option is available only if you have root access with WHM.

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praveenkv1988•10th of October 2008

You can create a php.ini in the root folder and add the settings to turn it off.

Or you can turn it off in the .htaccess file in the root. This gives 500 error on some servers.

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justinlutzfl•10th of October 2008•to praveenkv1988

or you could do that ;). But if you have cpanel I find it easier to install through there services section. It gives a detailed explanation of what each setting does. It also makes recommendations on what could be a security weakness.

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gameutopia•13th of October 2008

Actually most cpanel hosts this is not even an option. Hostmonster and bluehost is one of the few.

So what you mention I would consider a priveledge that they actually allow it. 99% of hosts this is not even an option.

I do like hostmonster and push them when I can. I guess I have one more plus I can push about them now.

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