Hi,
why has the support for http arrays (bracket syntax) been removed in PHP
5.1.3 ? Yes [] not allowed by according RFC, but is that a reason for
an BC break? Is it an accident or harassment?
patrick
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On 04/27/2007 04:35 PM, elias wrote:
Hi,
why has the support for http arrays (bracket syntax) been removed in PHP
5.1.3 ? Yes [] not allowed by according RFC, but is that a reason for
an BC break? Is it an accident or harassment?
What are you talking about?
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Antony Dovgal wrote:
On 04/27/2007 04:35 PM, elias wrote:
Hi,
why has the support for http arrays (bracket syntax) been removed in
PHP 5.1.3 ? Yes [] not allowed by according RFC, but is that a
reason for an BC break? Is it an accident or harassment?
What are you talking about?
Jochem Maas wrote:
$args = array('foo' = array('bar' = array(1,2,3), 'quz' = array(1,2,3)));
echo '/foo.php?'.http_build_query($args);
foo.php --- 8 ---
var_dump($_GET['foo']);
the var_dump() output used to be a neat nested array, but since 5.1.3
[although I remember
it as
Jochem Maas wrote:
the var_dump() output used to be a neat nested array, but since 5.1.3 [although
I remember
it as 5.1.6] http_build_query() makes htmlentities of the square brackets so
therefore
the var_dump() gives you a string.
It's in the changelog for 5.1.3:
* Fixed bug #36656
Michael Wallner wrote:
Jochem Maas wrote:
$args = array('foo' = array('bar' = array(1,2,3), 'quz' = array(1,2,3)));
echo '/foo.php?'.http_build_query($args);
foo.php --- 8 ---
var_dump($_GET['foo']);
the var_dump() output used to be a neat nested array, but since 5.1.3
[although I
Jochem Maas wrote:
I'll take your word on it (although I can't be sure exactly what it is that
you expected),
which means the change has been reverted, or the input parsing stuff has been
changed to
recognize escaped square brackets as if they were not escaped - I know for
sure
that
Michael Wallner schrieb:
Jochem Maas wrote:
expected means that I get
array(1) {
[a]=
array(1) {
[0]=
string(1) 1
}
}
for get.php?a%5B%5D=1
damn! a vanilla example works fine for me too.
looks this happens only under certain conditions.
i'll look at it again and report if
sorry for the noise - having gone back and tested again I can
no longer reproduce my original problem (the OP seemingly had the
same issue).
whatever problem I was having, related to encoding of square brackets,
seems to have disappeared. sometimes I feel like I'm living in the twilight
zone :-P
