How to Disable PHP Register Globals on IX Web Hosting
IX Web Hosting provides its customers with the ability to adjust the settings of their website's PHP configuration file to accompany the needs of certain scripts and applications. Changing the standard settings by defining custom values within the PHP configuration file should only be done when necessary. IX Web Hosting disables Register Globals by default to avoid potential security issues. If this setting has been enabled, you can turn it off by accessing the PHP configuration file.
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Instructions
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Open your FTP client and connect to the server hosting your website.
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Open the "cgi-bin" folder.
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Download the PHP Configuration file (php.ini) and open it with a text editor, such as Notepad.
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Search for the line containing "register_globals = On" in the file. Delete the "On" variable and type "Off," so that the line reads "register_globals = Off" (without the quotes). If you don't find "register_globals = On" in the file, enter "register_globals = Off" on an empty line in the file.
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Save the file and upload it to the "cgi-bin" folder, replacing the previous version of the file.
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