6.19.04
Finally upgraded PHP
Much to my suprise, I was still running the 4.0.1 version of PHP here. I guess between just starting to learn PHP and improving my knowledge of it over the years, I neglected keeping up with it. That's very bad. Not only is it unsafe, but it allowed me to become sloppy with code development and unfamiliar with beneficial improvements I could (should) have been using.
One such improvement is to run PHP as an Apache module, rather than calling cgi executions. Doing this really does make a noticable performance increase, as well as greater flexibility.
While I was making changes, I also decided to, finally, turn off register_globals. Boy was I in for a shock as to how much clean up work I was in for. Actually, I'm really glad I had this experience. It helped me to appreciate how important it is to keep up on "best pratices" for usability and security.
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