From: bugs dot php dot net at sgerrand dot com Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu x86_64 2.6.31-14) PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: cURL related Bug description: "failed creating formpost data" if post array value starts with '@'
Description: ------------ PHP's cURL library dies returning the error message "failed creating formpost data" when trying to use an array that contains a value starting with '@'. If the array is changed to a string in URL encoded like format, the problem does not occur. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $url = 'http://www.php.net'; $postData = array('key' => '@value'); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); if (! curl_exec($ch) ) print 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch); else print "cURL success"; curl_close($ch); ?> Expected result: ---------------- cURL success Actual result: -------------- cURL error: failed creating formpost data -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50060&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50060&r=mysqlcfg