#29799 [Opn->Bgs]: extract performs urldecode?

ID: 29799 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: cpuidle at gmx dot de -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: WinXP SP2 PHP Version: 5.0.1 New Comment: extract() doesn't perform urldecode() as proves this test case: <?php extract(array("a" => "%70")); echo $a; // %70 ?> $_REQUEST and similar variables already contain urldecoded data. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-29 18:44:35] mez@php.net It's true that nowhere is it mentioned that any variables from outside PHP will be automatically urldecode()'ed... but isn't this expected behaviour? When you pass a variable, whether through POST, GET or Cookies, don't you want that variable to be as it was sent, rather than encoded? I know this might be confusing for people coming from other languages (such as Perl), but doesn't it make sense to have it that way? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-23 17:04:04] cpuidle at gmx dot de Description: ------------ Running this code: extract($_REQUEST); the resulting (global) variables are url-decoded. I found that $_REQUEST is already url-decoded and couldn't find any documentation? Reproduce code: --------------- . Expected result: ---------------- make clean when url-decoding is performed. Actual result: -------------- . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29799&edit=1