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Doc Bug #44519 curl documentation lists CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS as string, should be mixed
Submitted: 2008-03-24 18:33 UTC Modified: 2008-10-01 08:37 UTC
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From: stefan dot nolde at lazos dot cl Assigned: kalle (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: any
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 [2008-03-24 18:33 UTC] stefan dot nolde at lazos dot cl 
Description:
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The documentation about curl_setopt lists the CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS parameter under "should be string".
The parameter can be string OR array though, in case of file uploads it saves a lot of headaches if it is an array, plus it removes the necessity of urlescaping the post data.

Best practice would be to list it as both string and array, maybe with a hint like:
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS may be passed as a urlencoded string in the form "field1=data1&field2=data2..." or as an array with the fieldname as key and the field data as value.

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 [2008-10-01 08:37 UTC] kalle@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2020-02-07 06:10 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of kalle
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=0d71bfe70603d98b2c181a2fc100922d4ef377f4
Log: Fixed bug #44519 (curl documentation lists CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS as string, should be mixed)
 
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