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Bug #16513 array through http form
Submitted: 2002-04-09 09:16 UTC Modified: 2002-04-09 11:33 UTC
From: martijn at tiel dot nu Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: windows xp / linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-04-09 09:16 UTC] martijn at tiel dot nu 
When passing an array through a form echo is running into trouble.

example:

<form action="array.php" method="post"> 
Name: <input type="text" name="personal[name]"><br> 
Email: <input type="text" name="personal[email]"><br> 
<input type="submit"> 

on the next page, i'm trying to retrieve the values:

print_r($personal) says: Array ( [name] => martijn [email] => martijn@tiel.nu ).

echo "$HTTP_POST_VARS['personal']['name']"; 
no value is being displayed.

echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['personal']['name'];  (whithout "")
the value is displayed, but the function 'echo' doesn't work properly anymore.

I hope someone can explain me why.

regards Martijn

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 [2002-04-09 09:18 UTC] sniper@php.net 
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 [2002-04-09 09:18 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Try putting {} around the variable name..
 [2002-04-09 11:27 UTC] martijn at tiel dot nu 
This looks to me like a serious bug not a request.

The only solutions is to set global_register to "on" which
ain't very save. (according the manual!).

What i'm trying to say is: YOU CAN'T PASS AN ARRAY ANYMORE!
unless ...
 [2002-04-09 11:33 UTC] sander@php.net 
This works:
echo "{$HTTP_POST_VARS['personal']['name']}";
RTM!
 [2002-04-09 11:33 UTC] cynic@php.net 
echo "this is {$foo['bar']['baz']} an array index";
echo "this is $foo[bar][baz] an array index";

both versions will work. this is (and has been since I remember) documented
in the manual.
 
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