> On Jun 20, 2023, at 06:06, Rowan Tommins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 at 10:25, Ilija Tovilo <tovilo.il...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Introduce a new function (currently named populate_post_data()) to
>> read the input stream and populate the $_POST and $_FILES
>> superglobals.
>> 
> 
> 
> My initial instinct was to discuss how this could be made more flexible in
> terms of input and output; but looking at how simple the implementation is,
> this seems like a really quick win, and anything else can be future scope.
> 
> To bikeshed the name a bit:
> 
> * We should probably avoid the word "post"; although it populates $_POST,
> that's really misnamed anyway, what we're really talking about is "form
> data"
> * Even if there isn't a current category prefix where it belongs, it should
> probably follow the "category_specific" naming scheme
> * We might in future add some related functions, such as returning the data
> rather than populating globals
> 
> How about "request_form_populate_globals"?


Another option for the name: `populate_multipart_form_data()`.

Cheers,
Ben



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