Req #54852 [NEW]: Add filter option to allow both arrays and scalars

From: Operating system: * PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Filter related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add filter option to allow both arrays and scalars Description: ------------ This is a request for adding another flag (FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_ARRAY) to filter extension to allow both arrays and scalars for input, while retaining their type (as opposed to FILTER_FORCE_ARRAY, which can accept scalars, but will return an array). So if input is array, return an array, and if scalar, return scalar. It seems pretty basic. Test script: --------------- $test = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "a", FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_ARRAY); var_dump($test); Expected result: ---------------- test.php?a=1 int(1) test.php?a[]=1&a[]=2 array (2) { [0] => int(1), [1] => int(2) } Actual result: -------------- FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_ARRAY not implemented ;) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54852&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54852&r=mysqlcfg