#30168 [NEW]: When using input id instead of name $_POST doesnt work

From: dan dot taylor at atlasmediagroup dot co dot uk Operating system: XP Pro PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: When using input id instead of name $_POST doesnt work Description: ------------ When using input id instead of name as per xhtml spec, $_POST doesn't retrieve the variable. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php echo "POST:".$_POST['feedback']; echo "<form name=\"form1\" method=\"post\" action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\">\n"; echo "<p><textarea id=\"feedback\" cols=\"50\" rows=\"5\"></textarea></p>\n"; echo "<p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"Submit\" /></p>\n"; echo "</form>\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- POST:feedback text Actual result: -------------- POST: -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30168&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30168&r=mysqlcfg