note 77032 added to function.addslashes

I found a very odd behavior when you combine addslashes and array_map in combination with an html form that has arrays in it. I dont know how to explain it other than showing the code for it. I believe this is probably a bug with array_map not picking up the array in the array that it received? Or maybe we just need a new PHP function for add/stripslashed that is array capable. <? $post_new = array_strip_slashes($_POST); $_POST = array_map('stripslashes', $_POST); //This is what the PHP array_map/addslashes does echo "\$_POST: "; print_r($_POST); echo "\n<br>"; //This is what my work-around does echo "\$post_new: "; print_r($post_new); ?> <form action=<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> method=POST> <select name="categories[]" multiple> <option value="number '1'"> number '1'</option> <option value="number '2'"> number '2'</option> <option value="number '3'"> number '3'</option> <option value="number '4'"> number '4'</option> <input type=submit name=submit value=submit> </form> <? function array_add_slashes($array) { if (is_array($array)) { foreach ($array AS $key => $value) { if (!is_array($value)) { //echo "$key -> $value <br>"; $value = addslashes($value); $key = addslashes($key); $new_arr[$key] = $value; } if (is_array($value)) { $new_arr[$key] = array_add_slashes($value); } } } return $new_arr; } function array_strip_slashes($array) { if (is_array($array)) { foreach ($array AS $key => $value) { if (!is_array($value)) { //echo "$key -> $value <br>"; $value = stripslashes($value); $key = stripslashes($key); $new_arr[$key] = $value; } if (is_array($value)) { $new_arr[$key] = array_add_slashes($value); } } } return $new_arr; } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 71.218.145.239 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.addslashes.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77032 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77032 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77032 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php