Re: [PHP] Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc. is rather senseless

2005-07-03 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Joe Krahn wrote: PHP imports GET and POST data to array elements by senselessly converting periods and spaces to underscore. The intent is to make strings variable-name compatible for conversion directly into global variables via import_request_variables or register_globals.

Re: [PHP] Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST,etc. is rather senseless

2005-07-02 Thread Joe Krahn
Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, June 30, 2005 8:47 pm, Joe Krahn said: PHP imports GET and POST data to array elements by senselessly converting periods and spaces to underscore. The intent is to make strings variable-name compatible for conversion directly into global variables via

Re: [PHP] Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc. is rather senseless

2005-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, July 2, 2005 11:35 am, Joe Krahn said: Richard Lynch wrote: I'm not unsympathic to your plight, and you're absolutely right it would have been a better Design had somebody thought to do it that way, oh, 10 years ago... Well, I I think PHP will be around for a long time, so we're still

Re: [PHP] Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc. is rather senseless

2005-07-01 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, June 30, 2005 8:47 pm, Joe Krahn said: PHP imports GET and POST data to array elements by senselessly converting periods and spaces to underscore. The intent is to make strings variable-name compatible for conversion directly into global variables via import_request_variables or

[PHP] Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc. is rather senseless

2005-06-30 Thread Joe Krahn
PHP imports GET and POST data to array elements by senselessly converting periods and spaces to underscore. The intent is to make strings variable-name compatible for conversion directly into global variables via import_request_variables or register_globals. String-to-variable name mangling