Morbus Iff wrote:
I would strongly recommend that you turn register_globals *off*. MediaWiki doesn't need it, and it may be a security risk in general.
Ah - then I've read some old instructions that told me to turn them on... http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation
Argh, will someone remind me again who thought it would be a good idea to make two or three separate documentation hierarchies on meta? Sigh...
Are these just old bits that aren't updated for the Phase III code?
They are old, but note that phase III refers to the entire lineage of the code since the rewrite of mid-2002. Anything with "MediaWiki" in the name is Phase III.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)