ID: 40224
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: joem at tempomg dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Wont fix
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: redhat linux
PHP Version: 5.2.0
New Comment:
This can't be fixed without breaking application relying on that
feature.
Previous Comments:
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[2007-12-31 23:15:31] michael at chunkycow dot com dot au
G'day
Why dont you just call it 'title' then:
<?
if(!empty($_POST['title']))
echo $_POST['title'];
?>
you can even make them an array eg.
<form method="post">
<input name="title[]" type="text">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?
if( (!empty($_POST['title'])) && is_array($_POST['title']))
{
foreach($_POST['title'] AS $title)
echo $title,'<br>';
}
?>
You should be escaping the output for real life code but I'm sure you
knew that ;)
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[2007-01-24 20:09:32] joem at tempomg dot com
Description:
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I think it would make more sense if PHP only replaced '.' and ' ' with
'_' when register_globals is turned on, and only for the variables that
are registered in the global scope, leaving the superglobals' index
names as they are.
I understand that variable names can't have '.' or ' ' in them, however
it seems that most people use the $_POST['variablename'] method of
accessing external variables, and in this case, the spaces and dots make
no difference.
I could find practically no reference to this behavior in the manual,
other than a couple notes I submitted. At the very least, the fact that
these characters are replaced should be made more obvious in the manual
under "Predefined Variables" at
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php and
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
Reproduce code:
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<form method="post">
<input name="title for page3.php" type="text">
<input type="submit">
</form>
Title submitted:
<?php
if (count($_POST) > 0)
echo $_POST['title for page3.php'];
?>
Expected result:
----------------
I expect to see the title I submitted print out.
Actual result:
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The POST key 'title for page3.php' is changed to 'title_for_page3_php',
and nothing prints out.
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