[CentOS] Centos 7 + PHP7.2 - variables_order not working

Tue Oct 27 11:54:24 UTC 2020
Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk>

I've just moved my site onto a new box and I'm having a real problem  
with $_REQUEST.  The variables_order  and request_order values are not 
being respected.

I need the cookies to take the lowest priority, so I put it first in the 
sequence. However, as the code below shows this is not happening.  
Changing variables_order and request_order does not make any difference.

Anyone got any ideas why?  I've not seen this before.

PHP.ini settings

variables_order = "CGPS"
request_order = "CGPS"

The position of the 'C' seems to make no difference at all, but if I 
remove it then I get the expected response.


adoptions get
array(1) {
   ["adoptdate"]=>  string(10) "2020-10-26"
}

adoptions post
array(0) {
}

adoptions COOKIE
array(7) {
   ["login"]=>  string(1) "1"
   ["sesid"]=>  string(10) "1603798666"
   ["adoptdate"]=>  string(10) "2020-10-27"
}

adoptions REQUEST
array(7) {
   ["adoptdate"]=>  string(10) "2020-10-27"
   ["login"]=>  string(1) "1"
   ["sesid"]=>  string(10) "1603798666"
}