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Bug #20116 $_POST keys starting with "+"
Submitted: 2002-10-27 01:17 UTC Modified: 2002-10-27 05:06 UTC
From: dan at wavefront dot ca Assigned: moriyoshi (profile)
Status: Closed Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: OS X 10.2.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2002-10-27 01:17 UTC] dan at wavefront dot ca
I have a simple method of creating easy form processing.... 
I thought....

I came up with the idea (I am not claiming to be the first) 
to have form elements I want to update via MySQL starting 
with either "-" or "+".

Example:

+name=DAN
+email=dan@wavefront.ca
-notes=
id=1

The first 2 are required and will be updated, the 3rd is 
optional and will be updated and the 4th (id) is simply 
passed as form data.

The idea here is that I parse the $_POST variable to auto 
create a "UPDATE table SET name = 'Dan', email = 
'dan@wavefront.ca' WHERE = 1" string for MySQL.

The issue is that if I use the "+" to indicate a required 
field for error trapping my $_POST array ends up like this:

+namD=AN
+emaild=an@wavefront.ca
-notes=
id=1

If a change to any other character (* for example) it work 
fine.

Either this is a PHP / HTTP bug or I am up against some 
strange post naming restriction.  I searched the web, the 
PHP site (includeing the bugs) and could not spot an 
obvious reference.

Dan

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 [2002-10-27 05:06 UTC] moriyoshi@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Additional comment: Also try to configure with --disable-mbstr-enc-trans if you even want to use 4.2.3 .
 
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