#29401 [Opn]: Form POST not decoded properly
ID: 29401
Updated by: moriyoshi@php.net
Reported By: xmlguy at hotmail dot com
Status: Open
-Bug Type: mbstring related
+Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Win XP Pro
PHP Version: 4.3.8
New Comment:
How come this could be a mbstring related problem..?
Previous Comments:
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[2004-07-27 02:44:23] xmlguy at hotmail dot com
with the version of the form I posted, the expected and actual result
sample data should obviously reflect the strings "John" and "Doe"
instead of "billy" and "joel", respectfully.
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[2004-07-27 02:33:53] xmlguy at hotmail dot com
Description:
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If key contains more than one set of square brackets, the key value
pair is not decoded properly. For example, a form with a series of
input elements named such as "formname[0].fieldname[0]" will cause
incorrect and missing key/value pairs to be stored into the $_POST
array.
In researching the existing bug list, I noticed that there have been
numerous variations of bugs reported when form data contains url
encoded data, such as occurs when the brackets are encoded as %5b and
%5d. However these bugs have apparently been closed without actually
fixing this problem. Perhaps a more thorough analysis of this problem
is warranted to keep it from lingering on for a few more years before
this report is closed. The Adobe acrobat products/reader have just
started to encode form names in this format, so it could become a very
serious issue if PHP cannot correctly process this form data.
Reproduce code:
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<html>
<head><title>Form Submit Test Script</title></head>
<body>
<form name='fm1' action="<? echo
($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])?>"
method='post'>
<input type='text' name='form1[0].firstname[0]' value='John'
/>
<input type='text' name='form1[0].lastname[0]' value='Doe'
/>
<input type='submit' />
</form>
<?
var_dump($_POST);
?>
</body>
</html>
Expected result:
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array(2) { ["form1[0].firstname[0]"]=> string(5) "billy"
["form1[0].lastname[0]"]=> string(4) "joel" }
Actual result:
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array(1) { ["form1"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "joel" } }
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