At 10:01 PM 4/3/2001 +0200, Jani Taskinen wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>
> >My guess is that's the arg_separator fix.  Jani?
>
>Yes, that's true. I did ask (couple of times) before
>I committed that patch. And yes, now both & and ; are
>considered as arg separators.
>
>And I'd like to think that it's a feature than bug. ;)

Yes I understand but it's not always so clear cut especially not when you 
can break a lot of scripts. There is always a trade-off between backwards 
compatibility and doing the right thing. Is this configurable in php.ini? 
I'm not familiar with the patch itself (couldn't find the CVS diff).


>This url explains why it's considered a good thing:
>http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.2.2
>
>If this breaks someone's scripts, that's their fault.. >:-)
>(ie. they should be using urlencode() on the urls if they
>contain illegal chars..)
>
>--Jani
>
>
> >At 19:21 3/4/2001, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> >>Anyone have an idea why this happens?
> >>
> >>Andi
> >>
> >>At 05:37 PM 4/3/2001 +0200, Andrew Sitnikov wrote:
> >>>Hello php-qa,
> >>>
> >>>   test.php
> >>>   <?
> >>>     echo $test;
> >>>   ?>
> >>>
> >>>   http://host/test.php?test=1;2;3
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   4.0.4pl1
> >>>   Result: 1;2;3
> >>>
> >>>   4.0.5RC6
> >>>   Result: 1
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Best regards,
> >>>  Andrew Sitnikov
> >>>  e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>  GSM: (+372) 56491109
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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