Bug #53767 [Opn->Bgs]: $_GET variable not created if query string contains %00

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53767&edit=1 ID: 53767 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: bjorn dot brandewall at gmail dot com Summary: $_GET variable not created if query string contains %00 -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Apache related Operating System: gentoo-r4 #3 PHP Version: 5.3.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Unable to reproduce. Probably running some non-standard PHP code that is doing this. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-17 14:45:00] bjorn dot brandewall at gmail dot com Description: ------------ (I'm using PHP Version 5.3.4, but that one wasn't in the list...) Consider the following query string: /test.php?A=1&B=hello%00&C=3 This will generate the $_GET (and $_REQUEST) array: ( 'A'=>1, 'C'=>3 ) As you can see, B isn't included above. That's because the string contains '%00'. This looks like a bug to me. Sure, NULL characters are not common, but they should be valid, shouldn't they? In this case I produced the string ending with '%00' by running urlencode() on an mcrypt():ed string. "%95do%AFZF%ED%F6%C3%22%25%FC%00", if you're interested. Test script: --------------- n/a Expected result: ---------------- $_GET and $_REQUEST should look like this (replace 'NULL' with actual NULL character): array( 'A'=>1, 'B'=>'HelloNULL', 'C'=>3 ) Actual result: -------------- $_GET and $_REQUEST look like this: array( 'A'=>1, 'C'=>3 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53767&edit=1