#20116 [NEW]: $_POST keys starting with "+"

From: dan@wavefront.ca Operating system: OS X 10.2.1 PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: $_POST keys starting with "+" I have a simple method of creating easy form processing.... I thought.... I came up with the idea (I am not claiming to be the first) to have form elements I want to update via MySQL starting with either "-" or "+". Example: +name=DAN +email=dan@wavefront.ca -notes= id=1 The first 2 are required and will be updated, the 3rd is optional and will be updated and the 4th (id) is simply passed as form data. The idea here is that I parse the $_POST variable to auto create a "UPDATE table SET name = 'Dan', email = 'dan@wavefront.ca' WHERE = 1" string for MySQL. The issue is that if I use the "+" to indicate a required field for error trapping my $_POST array ends up like this: +namD=AN +emaild=an@wavefront.ca -notes= id=1 If a change to any other character (* for example) it work fine. Either this is a PHP / HTTP bug or I am up against some strange post naming restriction. I searched the web, the PHP site (includeing the bugs) and could not spot an obvious reference. Dan -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20116&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20116&r=isapi