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

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54852&edit=1 ID: 54852 Comment by: design at gresak dot net Reported by: phrisyen at yahoo dot com Summary: Add filter option to allow both arrays and scalars Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Filter related Operating System: * PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I can't filter an array value (comming from a set of checkboxes) with input_filter. Reproduction: var_dump($_POST['options'], filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'options')); Result: array(2) { [1]=> string(5) "first" [2]=> string(6) "second" } bool(false) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-19 05:27:16] phrisyen at yahoo dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54852&edit=1