#24344 [NEW]: $_POST to create an array when name is repeated

From: tjedmunds at yahoo dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: $_POST to create an array when name is repeated Description: ------------ It would be very useful if PHP would automatically create an array for $_POST when the same input field name occurs multiple times in a POST'ed form. This can be accomplished by putting [] after the name in the form but that is not always an option for every application (such as wrapping a Perl cgi or writing a 'remote' browser). $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is more useful but is not always populated without php.ini file changes. The result is that the default behaviour is to discarded POST'ed data as it is overwritten with the last value. It would be preferable to have the following: $_POST[nonuniquename][0] = "the first occurence"; $_POST[nonuniquename][1] = "the second occurence"; ... $_POST[nonuniquename][n] = "the nth occurence"; instead of: $_POST[nonuniquename] = "the nth occurence"; -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24344&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24344&r=gnused