Bug #17958: <input type=file> loses $_POST vars

From: ddp@deakin.edu.au Operating system: Linux 2.4.18 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: <input type=file> loses $_POST vars When I include an <input type=file> in a form and post it (whether or not I actually upload a file) the $_POST vars are cut short. This is with Apache-2.0.39 and both php-4.2.1 and with a CVS version (from 25 June 2002). See the script (tst.php) below: <html> <head> <title>File Upload Test</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <pre> <?php print "print_r( $_POST ) :"; if (isset($_POST)) { print_r($_POST); } ?> </pre> <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="tst.php" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="VAR1" value="1"> Send this file: <input type="file" name="userfile[]"> <!-- comment out the line above for VAR2 to be successfully posted --> <input type="hidden" name="VAR2" value="2"> <input type="submit" value="Test"> </form> </body> </html> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17958&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17958&r=globals