Register globals must be turned off.? is this a bug?

When I upgrade to 1.8, there is a error shows as " PHP Register globals must be turned off.", i dont know why the register globals needed to turn off. you know, if i turn off it, and the websites on the server will not work well.

how to fix it?

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