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Register global is default off after version 4.2.0. It's rare there are scripts that need register global support. But if there is one, here is a way can always extract register globals.

1. The very popular and common method:

foreach($_REQUEST as $key => $var){
$$key = $var;
}

2. The import_request_variables() function:
This function globalize each value in $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE. It was introduced after PHP 4.1.0. The function takes 2 arguments: the first is which array will be extracted, 'G' for $_GET, 'P' for $_POST and 'C' for $_COOKIE(capitalization doesn't matter here). You can combine any of these three and only extract the ones you need. The second argument choses the prefix of each variable. prefix + the key in the array will be the new variable's name.

//suppose in $_POST['aa'] = 30;
//$_POST['bb'] = 20;
import_request_variables ('GPC','vars_');
echo $vars_aa;//30
echo $vars_bb;//20

Note: The extract() can be pretty useful here too.