#42677 [NEW]: PHP converts all dot(.) in from field names to Underscore(_)

From: neel dot basu dot z at gmail dot com Operating system: Debian PHP version: 5.2.4 PHP Bug Type: Filter related Bug description: PHP converts all dot(.) in from field names to Underscore(_) Description: ------------ If form field name contains any dot(.) PHP automatically Stores it into $_POST variable after converting all dots to _ Reproduce code: --------------- <?php if(count($_POST) > 0){ print_r($_POST); } ?> <form method="POST" action=""> <input type="text" name="a.b" value="Sample" /> <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </form> Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [a.b] => Sample [submit] => Submit ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [a_b] => Sample [submit] => Submit ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42677&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42677&r=mysqlcfg