I'm very new in using cms and Joomla in particular.
after installation of Joomla 1.011 I got this warning:
Joomla! RG_EMULATION setting is `ON` instead of `OFF` in file globals.php
Where and how can I change this setting?
thanks for your help
Ciboss
where can I find this file? In the file manager?
Do I have to change something directly in the code?
Thanks again
Ciboss
Register globals is a feature that will register all variables passed to a script as global variables. Because of the security implications this will bring along, it was turned off by default since php 4.2.0. bu most hosting companies still have this enabled though.
It's adviced to turn register globals off, to be more secure against hacking attempts and poorly build components/modules and plugins.
To turn this off, open your php.ini (if you have access to it, else convince your host to do it). Search for the line:
register_globals = On
and change it to:
register_globals = Off
Then restart apache.
If for some reason, your hosting provider doesn't want to disable it, there's a way to overwrite the setting by using a .htaccess file. Open your current .htaccess file in the root of Joomla and add to it:
php_flag register_globals off
That should turn it off. If this doesn't work, contact your hosting provider.
thanks for your help devotchka
I changed the .htaccess file as you indicated, but it still does not work.
Since some days already I'm trying to contact my hosting provider (GigaZu.com) but all the indicated email-addresses gave mail-delivery failures.
I keep trying contact them.
bye and thanks
