Bug #18415: $_POST and $HTTP_POST_VARS are not exported

From: ilia@prohost.org Operating system: Linux 2.4.17 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: *Web Server problem Bug description: $_POST and $HTTP_POST_VARS are not exported When 'file_upload' setting in php.ini set to Off, then any form submited via POST with 'enctype="multipart/form-data"' in its defenition will not export $_POST and $HTTP_POST_VARS on submission. Below is an example script that demonstrates the problem. <?php echo '<pre>'; print_r($HTTP_POST_VARS); echo '</pre>'; ?> <html><form method="post" action="test.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"><input type="submit" name="test" value="Click Me"></form> Script Output -- file_upload == On -- Array ( [test] => Click Me ) -- file_upload == Off -- Array ( ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18415&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18415&r=globals