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Bug #24007 register_globals + request arrays = missing register_global variables
Submitted: 2003-06-04 00:04 UTC Modified: 2003-06-14 10:09 UTC
From: gateschris at yahoo dot com Assigned: iliaa (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS: Linux version 2.2.19
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-06-04 00:04 UTC] gateschris at yahoo dot com 
when performing a post in a form, if the url contains a variable of the form name[key]=value, and php has register_globals enabled, the name/key is not registered.

example form:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="test.php?name[key][key2]=value">
<input name="name[key][key3]" value="value" type="hidden">
</form>

example php:

<?
print_r($name);
?>

with register_globals on, this script will only remember the  name[key][key3] and not the name[key][key2], please note that i have not tested this script, its just a summary of what i have found in a much larger script, and ive already reverted back to an older version of php and im to lazy to try it on another machine.

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 [2003-06-04 00:39 UTC] philip@php.net 
Verified and related to bug #23454  Note that $_REQUEST works perfectly here...

<?php
if (@$_POST['action'] == 'submit') {
    print "<pre>";
    print_r(array('get'     => $_GET,
                  'post'    => $_POST,
                  'request' => $_REQUEST,
                  'foo'     => $foo));
} else {
?>
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>?foo[a][a]=a">
 <br><input type="text" name="foo[]" value="b">
 <br><input type="text" name="foo[a][b]" value="c">
 <br><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
     <input type="hidden" name="action" value="submit">
</form>
<?php
}
?>

Outputs:

Array
(
    [get] => Array
        (
            [foo] => Array
                (
                    [a] => Array
                        (
                            [a] => a
                        )

                )

        )

    [post] => Array
        (
            [foo] => Array
                (
                    [0] => b
                    [a] => Array
                        (
                            [b] => c
                        )

                )

            [submit] => submit
            [action] => submit
        )

    [request] => Array
        (
            [foo] => Array
                (
                    [a] => Array
                        (
                            [a] => a
                            [b] => c
                        )

                    [0] => b
                )

            [submit] => submit
            [action] => submit
        )

    [foo] => Array
        (
            [0] => b
            [a] => Array
                (
                    [b] => c
                )

        )

)
 [2003-06-04 05:59 UTC] gateschris at yahoo dot com 
Hi Philip, 
Yes, sorry i did not find that report before, but bug report #23454 
relates to a 4.3.2RC3-dev not 4.3.2 release version, and the bug 
report is closed, and iliaa@php.net mentions that they have 
patched the cvs on the 13 May (before the release version), so 
perhaps something is still wrong here, it seems like a serious 
bug in a release version to me. 
I will wait for the next point release (incase the patch was passed 
over this current release). 
Cheers,
 [2003-06-04 10:32 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
The fix only fixed the _REQUEST, which is what you should be using. The register_global variables still have the same issue. I will look into this issue to see if it can be easily fixed, but I suspect there is a greater chance this will be marked won't fix.
 [2003-06-13 10:19 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
You should either use the recommended _REQUEST super global or not create values with the same names in both POST & GET if you need to use register_globals.
 [2003-06-13 11:55 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
I'm not ready to give up on this one.  This used to work and really should be fixed.
 [2003-06-14 10:09 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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