Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37040&edit=1
ID: 37040
Comment by: alastair at propcom dot co dot uk
Reported by: indeyets at gmail dot com
Summary: autoconversion of variable names should be turned
off
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: FreeBSD 5.4
PHP Version: 5.1.2
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Since register globals is removed in PHP 5.4, there is no longer any
justification for this behaviour and it should be removed entirely.
If anyone else comes up with any justification for this behaviour, then that
justifying factor should be removed because this modifying GET variable names
is
completely out of line.
Not that I'm bitter.
Previous Comments:
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[2006-04-11 14:09:13] indeyets at gmail dot com
to make myself clear:
I propose to turn off substitution of 'dots' with 'underscores' in variable
names only for autoglobal-arrays.
Substitution still should be made for registered globals.
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[2006-04-11 13:49:26] indeyets at gmail dot com
Description:
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Currently, PHP does autoconversion of 'dots' in external variable names to
'underscores'. It is documented here: http://ru.php.net/variables.external
It does make sense when application has register_globals enabled and prevents
losing of incorrectly named variables.
Though, it doesn't make sense when register_globals setting is disabled. In
this mode, all external variables are placed inside of associative array, and
'dot' is just as legal for the key-name as 'underscore' is
Reproduce code:
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<?php
echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"].'?var.name=value">test</a><hr>';
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($_GET);
echo '</pre>';
?>
Expected result:
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array(1) {
["var_name"]=>
string(5) "value"
}
Actual result:
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array(1) {
["var.name"]=>
string(5) "value"
}
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