How to fix the session_register() deprecated issue?

I wrote myself a little wrapper, so I don't have to rewrite all of my code from the past decades, which emulates register_globals and the missing session functions.

I've picked up some ideas from different sources and put some own stuff to get a replacement for missing register_globals and missing session functions, so I don't have to rewrite all of my code from the past decades. The code also works with multidimensional arrays and builds globals from a session.

To get the code to work use auto_prepend_file on php.ini to specify the file containing the code below. E.g.: auto_prepend_file = /srv/www/php/.auto_prepend.php.inc

You should have runkit extension from PECL installed and the following entries on your php.ini:

extension_dir = <your extension dir>
extension = runkit.so
runkit.internal_override = On

.auto_prepend.php.inc:

<?php
//Fix for removed session functions
if (!function_exists('session_register'))
{
    function session_register()
    {
        $register_vars = func_get_args();
        foreach ($register_vars as $var_name)
        {
            $_SESSION[$var_name] = $GLOBALS[$var_name];
            if (!ini_get('register_globals'))
            {   $GLOBALS[$var_name] = &$_SESSION[$var_name]; }
        }
    }

    function session_is_registered($var_name)
    {   return isset($_SESSION[$var_name]); }

    function session_unregister($var_name)
    {   unset($_SESSION[$var_name]); }
}

//Fix for removed function register_globals
if (!isset($PXM_REG_GLOB))
{
    $PXM_REG_GLOB=1;
    if (!ini_get('register_globals'))
    {
        if (isset($_REQUEST))   { extract($_REQUEST); }
        if (isset($_SERVER))        { extract($_SERVER); }

        //$_SESSION globals must be registred with call of session_start()
        // Best option - Catch session_start call - Runkit extension from PECL must be present
        if (extension_loaded("runkit"))
        {
            if (!function_exists('session_start_default'))
            {   runkit_function_rename("session_start", "session_start_default"); }
            if (!function_exists('session_start'))
            {
                function session_start($options=null)
                {
                    $return=session_start_default($options);
                    if (isset($_SESSION))
                    {
                        $var_names=array_keys($_SESSION);
                        foreach($var_names as $var_name)
                        {   $GLOBALS[$var_name]=&$_SESSION[$var_name]; }
                    }
                    return $return;
                }
            }
        }
        // Second best option - Will always extract $_SESSION if session cookie is present.
        elseif ($_COOKIE["PHPSESSID"])
        {
            session_start();
            if (isset($_SESSION))
            {
                $var_names=array_keys($_SESSION);
                foreach($var_names as $var_name)
                {   $GLOBALS[$var_name]=&$_SESSION[$var_name]; }
            }
        }
    }
}
?>