Req #65252 [Opn->Sus]: Input string parsing - allow ' ' and '.' chars as hash key

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65252&edit=1 ID: 65252 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: matti dot jarvinen at nitroid dot fi Summary: Input string parsing - allow ' ' and '.' chars as hash key -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: URL related Operating System: * PHP Version: master Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This topic comes up in internals discussions from time to time. Unless someone pursues the RFC process[1], nothing will change. :( [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 15:07:44] dan dot lugg at gmail dot com I'd like to second this report/request. With register_globals having been deprecated and removed quite some time ago now, it would be great to see some of the accommodations made for that feature cleaned up. While it is perfectly understandable that this could cause BC breaks, an INI flag would certainly fix this. ; Can be set to "" to prevent ; replacement altogether form_char_replace=". " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-19 22:59:31] yohgaki@php.net This may break apps, but request is debatable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-12 13:33:24] matti dot jarvinen at nitroid dot fi 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65252&edit=1