Re: $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_FILES == $_REQUEST?

Another option. How about remove $_FILES contents from $_REQUEST? It seems it has less impact. -- Yasuo Ohgaki Sterling Hughes wrote: > Hey, > > If you haven't taken a look @: > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19848 > > please do so... > > In thinking about it, to me, there are 2 solutions: > > 1) Rearranging files to work in an un-braindead manner, ie: > > instead of $_FILES['toto']['type']['c'] equaling the filetype of > the > form variable: > > <INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="toto[c]"> > > We have :: > > $_FILES['toto']['c']['type'] > > Of course this breaks BC, which is not good, but then again, neither is > the alternative. > > 2) The alternative is to add some custom code (I'll write it up) that > will re-arrange the $_FILES array when it is inserted into the $_REQUEST > array (leaving the $_FILES array alone, but modifying its order when its > merged into $_REQUEST). > > so you have: > > $_REQUEST['toto']['c']['type'] > > and > > $_FILES['toto']['type']['c'] > > which is ugly and just not right, but it maintains backwards > compatibility with the $_FILES array. > > My personal opinion is that the second solution should be merged in for > PHP 4.3, and that for PHPv5 we should normalize the $_FILE array. > > Thoughts? Comments? Questions? > > I'll start working on this tommorow unless i hear otherwise.. > > -Sterling