#21925 [Bgs]: Should allow dots in global variables name

ID: 21925 User updated by: mikep@oeone.com Reported By: mikep@oeone.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: RedHat PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: I think this deserves another look. If the reason that . get converted to _ is because of variable names (happens with register_globals = on) and register_globals is being recommended to be OFF, then it seems logical to me that I should be allowed to access my variables as $_POST["variable.name"] Please allow someone else to look at this. I'd like a second opinion on this bug. (If two people say that it shouldn't be, then I'll be OK with that. However, I think this is a good idea, and IS a bug in PHP, or will be when register_globals won't even be allowed (hopefully soon!)) I've also posted a message to php.dev for a discussion. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-28 12:39:18] iliaa@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php PHP variable do not support '.' characters in their name, therefor '.' cannot appear as is inside variables passed via GET/POST/COOKIE/ENV. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-28 12:18:43] mikep@oeone.com I think that in the global $_POST that PHP should not convert my "." to "_" automatically. Eg. I had a form and posted a form element with id="calendar.defaultview", and I'd like to be able to access that with $_POST["calendar.defaultview"]. I realize that it would be inconsistent with the variable name if register_globals is on, but now that its being deprecated, this deserves another look. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21925&edit=1