#30999 [Opn]: $_POST problem with <textarea></textarea> variables

ID: 30999 User updated by: kkoehler at comcast dot net Reported By: kkoehler at comcast dot net Status: Open Bug Type: *URL Functions Operating System: Linux mis 2.4.21-4.EL #1-Red Hat PHP Version: 5.0.2 New Comment: Here is test code using smarty. You'll probably have to change the configs a bit: Template: <html> <body> <form name="articulate" method=POST action="testa.php"> <a href="javascript:document.articulate.submit()" class="listlink2"><img src="/images/save.gif" border="0"></a> <table> <td class="warning" align="left"> <textarea name="testdesc" cols="94" rows="17" >{$testdesc}</textarea> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </table> </center> </form> </body> </html> PHP code: <?php ob_start(); define('SMARTY_DIR', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\Smarty-2.6.6/libs/'); require(SMARTY_DIR . 'Smarty.class.php'); function getSmarty() { $smarty = new Smarty; $smarty->template_dir = 'templates/'; $smarty->compile_dir = 'templates_c/'; $smarty->config_dir = 'configs/'; $smarty->cache_dir = 'cache/'; return $smarty; } session_start(); $smarty = getSmarty(); print_r($_POST); $test = $_POST['testdesc']; $smarty->assign('testdesc', $test); $smarty->display('testa.tpl'); ob_end_flush(); ?> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-06 18:57:05] kkoehler at comcast dot net Apache 2.0.46 cryus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-06 18:43:47] jorton@php.net Which SAPI interface, and what Apache configuration are you using? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-06 18:41:25] tony2001@php.net Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If possible, make the script source available online and provide an URL to it here. Try avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-06 18:35:18] kkoehler at comcast dot net More testing - when I run this script on 5.0.2 <html> <form method="post" action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> <textarea name="ta"></textarea> <input type="submit" value="try this"/> </form> <pre><?php print_r( $_POST ); ?></pre> </html> If I enter "Hello", this displays: Array ( [ta] => Hellota=Hello ) On 4.3.8 it displays: Array ( [ta] => Hello ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-06 18:20:13] kkoehler at comcast dot net Also, here is more information: Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) core prefork http_core mod_so mod_access mod_auth mod_auth_anon mod_auth_dbm mod_auth_digest mod_include mod_log_config mod_env mod_mime_magic mod_cern_meta mod_expires mod_deflate mod_headers mod_usertrack mod_unique_id mod_setenvif mod_mime mod_dav mod_status mod_autoindex mod_asis mod_info mod_dav_fs mod_vhost_alias mod_negotiation mod_dir mod_imap mod_actions mod_speling mod_userdir mod_alias mod_rewrite mod_proxy proxy_ftp proxy_http proxy_connect mod_cache mod_suexec mod_disk_cache mod_file_cache mod_mem_cache mod_cgi mod_auth_mysql mod_auth_pgsql mod_authz_ldap mod_perl sapi_apache2 mod_python mod_ssl ./configure' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--disable-debug' '--enable-pic' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-bz2' '--with-db4=/usr' '--with-curl' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-ttf' '--with-gdbm' '--with-gettext' '--with-ncurses' '--with-gmp' '--with-iconv' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-png' '--with-pspell' '--with-pcre=/usr' '--with-zlib' '--with-layout=GNU' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-yp' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--with-pear=/usr/share/pear' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl' '--with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos' '--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-ldap' '--with-oci8=/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-unixODBC=shared' '--enable-memory-limit' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-shmop' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-dio' '--enable-mcal' '--with-apxs2filter=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--enable-sigchild' '--enable-cli' '--enable-libgcc' '--with-java=/usr/local/j2sdk1.3.1' '--with-tsrm-pthreads' '--enable-embed' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. 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