Bla. this should read 'the past or at least within' and 'its
NOT likely to getting changed..'
Sorry :-)
- Markus
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 02:51:03PM +0100, Markus Fischer wrote :
> Well .. there were discussion about this in the past or at
> leat within some bug reports and it seems its likely to
> getting changed really soon. Although ECMA doesn't allow it
> it works fine aith all current (modern ;) implementations to
> access identfieris with '[' or ']' in the name.
>
> For more information you may wan't to search the archive at
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ .
>
> - Markus
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:10:21AM -0500, Jesse McCarthy wrote :
> > This is a re-posting. I sent this a few days ago and got no response, which
> > wasn't exactly what I had in mind. Following is the original message:
> >
> > I'd like to patch PHP to allow for an XHTML-valid syntax for creating PHP
> > arrays from HTML elements 'input' (groups of type="checkbox") and 'select'
> > (multiple="multiple"). Square brackets are not allowed in XHTML identifiers,
> > so the current syntax name="someName[]" or name="someName[someKey]" is not
> > valid. Square brackets are also not allowed in ECMAScript identifiers (e.g.
> > variable names) or directly in CSS selectors. I propose a simple, valid
> > alternative syntax, perhaps something like name="someName__" or
> > name="someName__someKey__". I'd like to get feedback on the likelihood of
> > that conflicting with any established practices or conventions (I know it
> > would work fine for me), or suggestions of a better syntax.
> >
> > I'd also like to get a little guidance on exactly how to proceed with
> > submitting such a patch. As far as I can see this would only require
> > modifications to php_variables.c, rfc1867.c, and type.c.
> >
> > When responding to this thread, please CC me because I am not subscribed to
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> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jesse McCarthy
> >
> >
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