[Phpmyadmin-devel] Source of $_POST['fields'] variables

[Supun Nakandala]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> wrote:

> Supun Nakandala a écrit :
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Supun Nakandala
> > <supun.nakandala at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Marc Delisle a écrit :
> >>>> Supun Nakandala a écrit :
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>> I am refactoring sql.php and I want to rename the
> $_POST['fields'][...]
> >>>>> variables such that they better reflect their intended use. I was
> >>> trying to
> >>>>> find out the origin of these variables and I was not successful. I
> >>> would
> >>>>> appreciate if someone can help me to find the source and the
> rationale
> >>> of
> >>>>> these variables.
> >>>> Hi Supun,
> >>>> do you know the "git blame" command? This will show you the commit and
> >>>> author by line of code.
> >>>>
> >>> Also, github, via the Files tab, permits you to pick one file and enter
> >>> the Blame view for it.
> >>>
> >>>    Now I am getting familiar with that feature.
> >>    Thanks
> >>
> >>>  --
> >>> Marc Delisle
> >>> http://infomarc.info
> >>
> >
> > Hi Marc,
> > According to what I understood git blame allows me to find the respective
> > contributor for each line of code. But what I am interested about is to
> > find the place in code where these $_POST['fields'][...] variables are
> set.
> > How can I find that ?. Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> This is more tricky. I basically see two ways:
>
> 1. Looking for a string in your editor when you know the file, or
> looking via "git grep" when you don't know which file
>
> 2. Using an IDE like NetBeans where you can track the execution path at
> the PHP level and set watchpoints (but I'm not sure about watching
> $_POST variables)
>
> In this case, since it comes from a POST, most likely it's located in a
> form so you can start by searching for forms in sql.php.
>
>
> I'll try them.

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-- 
Thank you
Supun Nakandala
Dept. Computer Science and Engineering
University of Moratuwa
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