#40305 [NEW]: http_build_query outut changed - docs don't reflect this

From: jochem at iamjochem dot com Operating system: not applicable PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: http_build_query outut changed - docs don't reflect this Description: ------------ prior to version 5.1.3 http_build_query did not url encode square brackets - this was 'fixed' in 5.1.3 in accordance with http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3986.html. the manual still show an example (Example 3. on http://php.net/http_build_query [english docs]) that http_build_query output doesn't encode the square brackets. I kindly request that the docs be updated to show the actual output generated (with regard to square brackets) in current php versions and that a note is added to explain that the urlencoding of square brackets was added in version 5.1.3 the following bug report explains wqhat the 'problem' was a indicates that it was 'fixed': http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36656 thank you for taking the time to consider this. kind regards, Jochem Reproduce code: --------------- not applicable -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40305&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40305&r=mysqlcfg