Req #65252 [NEW]: Input string parsing

From: matti dot jarvinen at nitroid dot fi Operating system: * PHP version: 5.4.17 Package: URL related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Input string parsing Description: ------------ Since register_globals has been removed in PHP 5.4.0 there should be no reason other than legacy why input variables ($_POST, $_GET, $_FILES, $_COOKIE, $_REQUEST) can not have keys containing following characters chr(32) ( ) (space) chr(46) (.) (dot) Documentation states that only . is changed to _ but same goes for above characters. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php Test script: --------------- <form method="POST"> <input type="text" name="foo bar" value="spaced" /> <input type="text" name="foo.bar" value="dotted" /> <input type="submit" value="send" /> </form> <?php if(isset($_POST)) { print_r($_POST); } ?> Expected: array( "foo bar"=>'spaced', "foo.bar"=>'dotted' ); Actual result: array( "foo_bar"=>'dotted' ); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65252&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65252&r=mysqlcfg