PHP global arrays

The Global Array List

Old Form	New Form	Description
--	$GLOBALS[]	The complete list of all global variables, including user defined variables at the global level.
$HTTP_GET_VARS[]	$_GET[]	All variables received as part of a query string in the requesting URL, or HTML form data transmitted using the GET method.
$HTTP_POST_VARS[]	$_POST[]	All variables recieved as an inline posted data set, normally through using the POST method in an HTML form.
$HTTP_POST_FILES[]	$_FILES[]	References to all files received, most commonly from HTML forms, using the POST method.
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[]	$_COOKIE[]	Any cookies returned from the client. The index key name matches the cookie name.
--	$_REQUEST[]	A more recent addition that stores all user variables, including elements from the $_GET[], $_POST[], and $_COOKIE[] arrays. Prior to PHP4.3, this also includes the $_FILES[] array.
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[]	$_SERVER[]	Information about the server session and the HTTP connection with the client.
$HTTP_ENV_VARS[]	$_ENV[]	Information about the server environment and system defined values.
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS[]	$_SESSION[]	IF PHP is being used for session management, this array is to store any session variables that need to be stored on the server between calls from the client.