Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread Philip Olson
Regarding keeping . as . and not _ in variables: This isn't going to happen as it seriously breaks BC. This also would affect functions such as import_request_variables() and extract(). There is no worthy benefit here, this will never happen. Regards, Philip -- PHP General Mailing L

Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
> > > > Basically, what I'd like is to be able to post a form element with > > > > id="myvariable.whatever" and access it on the next page with > > > > $_POST["myvariable.whatever"]. > > > > > > // obviously this is some busted garbage > > > $name.Array["first"]="Chris"; > > > $name.Array["last"]

Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread Chris Wesley
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > > > Basically, what I'd like is to be able to post a form element with > > > id="myvariable.whatever" and access it on the next page with > > > $_POST["myvariable.whatever"]. > > > > // obviously this is some busted garbage > > $name.Array["first"

Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
> > sense to me that this "feature" get another look. I can see no logical > > reason to not allow . in the global $_POST variable... > > Basically, what I'd like is to be able to post a form element with > > id="myvariable.whatever" and access it on the next page with > > $_POST["myvariable.wha

Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread Chris Wesley
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Mike Potter wrote: > sense to me that this "feature" get another look. I can see no logical > reason to not allow . in the global $_POST variable... > Basically, what I'd like is to be able to post a form element with > id="myvariable.whatever" and access it on the next pag

Re: [PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread Adam Voigt
Well I think using periods in variable names in general is a no-no, but other then being a little out-of-the-norm I see no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to. P.S. OEOne is swet software, good job. On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 13:50, Mike Potter wrote: Hi all: I fil

[PHP] Allowing . in $_POST variable

2003-01-28 Thread Mike Potter
Hi all: I filled a bug today that quickly got resolved invalid, but I think it deserves another look. I had a bit of a problem today with "." getting converted to "_" for my variable names automatically. I have been told that this was because if you have register_globals on, then you can't ha