Bug #18153: Wrong entry in php.ini causes problems with query processing

From: thomasw@wanadoo.nl Operating system: Linux 2.4.18 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Bug description: Wrong entry in php.ini causes problems with query processing <? echo $blah; ?> produces nothing when the script is called with ?blah=hello when this is set in php.ini: ; List of separator(s) used by PHP to parse input URLs into variables. ; Default is "&". ; NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator! arg_separator.input = ";&" It does produces something ("hello") when set to this: ; List of separator(s) used by PHP to parse input URLs into variables. ; Default is "&". ; NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator! arg_separator.input = "&;" I dont know if this is a problem in the php code or just the ini.. The change made it work fine though :-) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18153&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18153&r=globals