Doc #61893 [Wfx]: The $_REQUEST Predefined Variable Does NOT Contains the Contents of $_COOKIE
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61893&edit=1
ID: 61893
User updated by: marcoscanrib at ig dot com dot br
Reported by: marcoscanrib at ig dot com dot br
Summary: The $_REQUEST Predefined Variable Does NOT Contains
the Contents of $_COOKIE
Status: Wont fix
Type: Documentation Problem
Package: Documentation problem
Operating System: Windows XP Prof
PHP Version: 5.3Git-2012-05-02 (Git)
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
I have just searched the documentation for the 'request_order' directive and it
clearly states : "Note that the >>default<< distribution php.ini files does not
contain the 'C' for cookies".
So, I believe this proves that, >>by default<<, $_REQUEST does NOT include the
contents of $_COOKIE and that the following statement in the documentation is
wrong and should be fixed : "Description : An associative array that by default
contains the contents of $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE."
Previous Comments:
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[2012-05-03 02:08:36] marcoscanrib at ig dot com dot br
Congratulations for the quick follow up of the users feedbacks.
About your follow up content, I add that I have not used variables_order nor
request_order to change the default behavior of the $_REQUEST array and I got the
results I stated. So, at least in my PHP installation (XAMPP), the default
behavior of the $_REQUEST is NOT to include the contents of $_COOKIE. Is there a
way to check if XAMPP changed the default behaviour of the $_REQUEST array ?
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[2012-05-02 01:22:05] aharvey@php.net
The documentation already states clearly that that's the default behaviour only
and can be changed via variables_order and request_order.
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[2012-05-02 01:11:32] marcoscanrib at ig dot com dot br
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/reserved.variables.request#refsect1-
reserved.variables.request-description
---
Test script:
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<?php
// set the cookies
setcookie("CookieName1", 1);
setcookie("CookieName2", "two");
setcookie("CookieName3", "Cookie 3");
?>
// prints the elements of the $_COOKIE array
<pre>
<?php print_r($_COOKIE); ?>
</pre>
// prints the elements of the $_REQUEST array
<pre>
<?php print_r($_REQUEST); ?>
</pre>
Expected result:
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IF the $_REQUEST predefined array contained the contents of the $_COOKIE
predefined array, as stated at
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.request.php,
the above script
should display :
Array
(
[CookieName1] => 1
[CookieName2] => two
[CookieName3] => Cookie 3
)
Array
(
[CookieName1] => 1
[CookieName2] => two
[CookieName3] => Cookie 3
)
Actual result:
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The above script displays, that clearly demonstrate that $_REQUEST does NOT
contain the contents of $_COOKIE. I consider the real content of the $_REQUEST
array fine, better than if it also included the contents of the $_COOKIE array.
For me, only the documentation is wrong and should be corrected, what is very
easy indeed.
Array
(
[CookieName1] => 1
[CookieName2] => two
[CookieName3] => Cookie 3
)
Array
(
)
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