We are going to make the switch from an ASP/SQL web server to a PHP/mySQL setup. Our IT staff has said they will not turn on gobal variables for security reasons. My concern is that most, if not all, PHP extensions I use will be useless. It appears that most of them utilize global variables.

I won't actually know which ones do and which ones don't until we are further along in the project. But I was wondering if anybody is working in the PHP/mySQL environment with globals turned off and are utilizing some of the PHP extensions from dmx zone.

Also, I would like to use the PHAKT PHP extension for developing the pages. But again, if it utilizes globals I'm screwed.

I work in a fast paced environment. Hand coding sucks when you are under pressure.

Thanks in advance for any pointers or suggestions.

Regards,
Eric Kaiser

Hey Eric,

I've developed an entire portal using PHP/mySQL using PHakt...and I can't begin to tell you how good it is...however...from my experience most extension designers design their extensions to work around the PHP/mySQL features of MX, and not the PHP/ADODB features used by PHakt.

Case in point...I just spent over $89 on PHP Upload from DMX Zone, and so far...i don't think it will work with PHakt. so it is useless to me.(great investment) Often I'll go to macromedia.com/extensions, and download tonnes of great PHP extensions to speed up my workflow, only to find out, I can't use any of them in my PHakt designed site, because they are not compatible. So from my standpoint it is a toss up..either you go with PHakt for all of its great features, and for-go all other extensions, or you go with the built in PHP/mySQL features of dreamweaver and make use of some specific extensions (and hard code the features provided by PHakt). It's a toss-up. I don't know what to say about global variables...my ISP hosts both my web and database servers so I've not had to modify any global variables.