Doc #69409 [NEW]: urlencode() does not conform to current w3 html5 recommendations

From: rainer-phpbugs at 7val dot com Operating system: all PHP version: 5.6.7 Package: URL related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:urlencode() does not conform to current w3 html5 recommendations Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.urlencode --- urlencode() does not conform to then current w3 html5 recommendations for application/x-www-form-urlencoded data, in that '*' (0x2A) should be left as is. http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#application/x-www-form-urlencoded-encoding-algorithm If the byte is in the range 0x2A [...] Leave the byte as is. rfc3986 would also allow '*' to be left unchangef in the query part of an URL. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 query = *( pchar / "/" / "?" ) pchar = unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" / "@" sub-delims = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")" / "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "=" Test script: --------------- <?php print(urlencode('*')); Expected result: ---------------- '*' should not be %-encoded, i.e. the test script above should not print %2A, but the literal '*'. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69409&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69409&r=mysqlcfg