[PHP-DEV] Stop replacing dots with underscores in query, post and cookie parameters for PHP 8?

2019-07-15 Thread Arnold Daniels
Hi, PHP replaces dots with underscores for $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE. This behavior once made sense because of Register globals. The explanation in the manual also still implies that query and post parameters are converted to variables (see https://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.externa

Re: [PHP-DEV] Stop replacing dots with underscores in query, post and cookie parameters for PHP 8?

2019-07-15 Thread Sara Golemon
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 8:39 PM Arnold Daniels wrote: > PHP replaces dots with underscores for $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE. > This behavior once made sense because of Register globals. > The explanation in the manual also still implies that query and > post parameters are converted to variables > (

Re: [PHP-DEV] Stop replacing dots with underscores in query, post and cookie parameters for PHP 8?

2019-07-15 Thread Guilliam Xavier
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 4:39 AM Sara Golemon wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 8:39 PM Arnold Daniels > wrote: > > PHP replaces dots with underscores for $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE. > > This behavior once made sense because of Register globals. > > The explanation in the manual also still implie