#45283 [Com]: extract($_FILES) result unpredictable

ID: 45283 Comment by: php at info-svc dot com Reported By: php at info-svc dot com Status: Open Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: Note about the "Reproduce code", for best results use <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data"> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-16 17:20:28] php at info-svc dot com Description: ------------ After receiving reports of a broken feature, the problem was traced to extract($_FILES) producing different results on different servers. A server running PHP 5.2.5 gave the expected result where $variable['tmp_name'] contained the uploaded file path. A server running PHP 5.2.3 gave the unexpected result where $variable['tmp_name'] always dumped as string(1) "/" The workaround is to use $_FILES['tmp_name'] in which case both servers gave the expected result. I am stumped as to whether this is caused by a bug that was fixed between versions or some configuration issue I am not aware of? Robert Chapin Chapin Information Services, Inc. Reproduce code: --------------- <form method="POST"> <input name="themefile" type="file" /> <input type="submit" /> </form> <?php extract($_FILES, EXTR_SKIP); var_dump($themefile); var_dump($themefile['tmp_name']); ?> Expected result: ---------------- array(5) { ["name"]=> string(20) "samplefile.txt" ["type"]=> string(24) "application/octet-stream" ["tmp_name"]=> string(18) "/var/tmp/phpSJkwr0" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(379) } string(18) "/var/tmp/phpSJkwr0" Actual result: -------------- string(14) "/tmp/phpZOtyB7" string(1) "/" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45283&edit=1