From: sdeonline at gmail dot com Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Strings related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:If second parameter is present, parse_str should return the generated array.
Description: ------------ --- >From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.parse-str#refsect1-function.parse- str-returnvalues --- In my humble opinion parse_str should be able to return the array it generates when it's not parsing to global vars. This could save lines of code and be more understandable. This is quite useful if converting a received method variable as a parameter to another method that requires an array parameter. Because you don't need an extra line to just parse the string. Test script: --------------- // Initial string $string = 'foo=bar&fruit=apple'; // This works: // parse_str($string,$array); // print_r($array); // Now this would be better! print_r(parse_str($string,true)); // Or the easy to the eyes version (but it quite misses the point. $array = parse_str($string,true); print_r($array); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [foo] => bar [fruit] => apple ) Array ( [foo] => bar [fruit] => apple ) Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference on line 9 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64607&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64607&r=mysqlcfg
