Problem with input name, how can i use . (dot) in a name of a input type text?

Hi Im having a big problem because the name of one input type text that is ' table.name' in my html, becomes 'table_name' in php, it is a kind of bug?? =S <form method="post"> <input type="text" name"table.name"> </form> in PHP we have: $_POST["table_name"] instead of $_POST["table.name"] someone knows some way to put this to work?? i wanna send 'table.name' and receive in php 'table.name'! Thanks -- Jônata Tyska Carvalho ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Técnico em Informática pelo Colégio Técnico Industrial (CTI) -- Graduando em Engenharia de Computação Fundação Universidade Federal de Rio Grande (FURG)