From: neel dot basu dot z at gmail dot com
Operating system: Debian
PHP version: 5.2.4
PHP Bug Type: Filter related
Bug description: PHP converts all dot(.) in from field names to Underscore(_)
Description:
------------
If form field name contains any dot(.) PHP automatically
Stores it into $_POST variable after converting all dots to _
Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
if(count($_POST) > 0){
print_r($_POST);
}
?>
<form method="POST" action="">
<input type="text" name="a.b" value="Sample" />
<input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
[a.b] => Sample
[submit] => Submit
)
Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
[a_b] => Sample
[submit] => Submit
)
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=trysnapshot44
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=trysnapshot52
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=mysqlcfg
