#34882 [NEW]: Unable to access *original* posted variable name with dot in

From: theo at crazygreek dot co dot uk Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Unable to access *original* posted variable name with dot in Description: ------------ PHP automagically converts the '.' char in POST/GET field names to '_'. While i am fully aware as to why it does it, there is are a number arguments for being able to turn off this 'feature': (a) There is no way to change a field name 'animal.moo_cows' back to it's original form other than manually parsing the POST/GET data. (b) For those silly enough to be using register globals, $moo.cows may not be a valid variable - but then neither is $moo:cows, or $moo!cows, yet : and ! are not converted into underscores. where is the logic in that? Having a ini setting or some such to be able to turn off this rather messed up behaviour would be very useful. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34882&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34882&r=mysqlcfg