Doc #77172 [NEW]: convert error on receiving variables from external sources

From: zhoumengkang Operating system: Linux PHP version: master-Git-2018-11-18 (Git) Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:convert error on receiving variables from external sources Description: ------------ when php receivie the data from external sources, a variables named foo[]boo will be saved into $_POST['foo'][]; doc has noted dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores. @see http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php but there no info tell developers variables can't be named foo[]boo, otherwise the variable foo[]boo should be remove ? Test script: --------------- <form method="post"> <input type="text" name="id[]" value="1"> <input type="text" name="id[]_text" value="a"> <input type="submit"> </form> Expected result: ---------------- array ( 'id' => array ( 0 => '1', ), ) Actual result: -------------- array ( 'id' => array ( 0 => '1', 1 => 'a', ), ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77172&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77172&r=mysqlcfg