Re: Re: ; arg seperator

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >I disagree, we explicitly document that the arg_separator defaults to & >and that this is the character that separates url arguments. This follows >the original CGI specification. The fact that this is no longer the >accepted standard for this doesn't mean we can just up and change it in a >minor PHP version. One thing to remember: arg_separator is supposed to be used when PHP _outputs_ urls, like transparent session id's. And not be used when parsing URLs and creating the variables in main/php_variables.c This is said also in php.ini: ; The separator used in PHP generated URLs to separate arguments. ; Default is "&". So question is: Should we support ; or & in "incoming" urls? Now both work. Which (IMO) is the right way. And if people want to use something like this: foo.php?a=1;2;3, they should url encode the string. Which reminds me: If arg_separator is used like it was before my patch and you set it to e.g. ';' and then have a form which method is GET..well, it won't work. there would be one variable holding all the info. So, another directive into php.ini? (I don't like that idea :) --Jani