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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #38073


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09/16/2016 03:49:32 PM (8 years ago)
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swissspidy
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  • Ticket #38073 – Description

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    1 `wp_reset_vars()` sets global variables based on `$_POST` and `$_GET` values. The function is used is used around 20 times in core and in my opinion this should be zero. Even better, the function should be deprecated.
     1`wp_reset_vars()` sets global variables based on `$_POST` and `$_GET` values. The function is used around 20 times in core and in my opinion this should be zero. Even better, the function should be deprecated.
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    33Why?
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    5 First of all, it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot if you forget to properly sanitize the input value. Second, globals set bei `wp_reset_vars()` aren't explicitly globalized in the files / functions using it. You might stumble upon code like this:
     5First of all, it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot if you forget to properly sanitize the input value. Second, globals set by `wp_reset_vars()` aren't explicitly globalized in the files / functions using it. You might stumble upon code like this:
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    77{{{#!php