Re: Conversion of period and space for $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc. is rather senseless

Joe Krahn wrote: > PHP imports GET and POST data to array elements by senselessly > converting periods and spaces to underscore. The intent is to make > strings variable-name compatible for conversion directly into global > variables via import_request_variables or register_globals. > > String-to-variable name mangling should only occur when being converted > to variable names, but should be left as is when accessed as array > elements. The current implementation is particularly bad because it > mangles only periods and spaces, but leaves alone other special/unusual > characters. Furthermore, the direct conversion into global name space is > discouraged for security reasons. > > A feature-request was made related to this, but it was marked as "Won't > Fix", primarily due to compatibility concerns. However, I think it's a > poor design, and there must be some compatible way to move beyond this > misfeature. > > Do other people really want to keep the period/space name mangling for > array keys, and not just for variable names? And, what happens when > importing other special characters to variable names? The reason '.' is special is because browsers create these period-seperated variable names automatically when clicking on an image submit button. Changing this will break a whole lot of applications for no reason. -Rasmus