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Request #42960 PHP messes up image submit button data
Submitted: 2007-10-14 10:56 UTC Modified: 2021-09-22 13:41 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: efbiaiinzinz at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.4 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-10-14 10:56 UTC] efbiaiinzinz at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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PHP messes up coordinates for <input type="image" .. fields when fieldname is not simple one level name but multilevel name.
For example name="smth[field]" is easy way to test it

Reproduce code:
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<form action="" method="GET"><input type="image" name="smth[imgsubmit]" src="t.jpg" width="200" height="200"></form>
<?php
print_r($_POST);
?>


Expected result:
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Since single level image submits end up in post and get arrays as
fieldname_x and fieldname_y I would expect above code to produce GET array as such:
Array ( [smth] => Array ( [imgsubmit_y] => 80, [imgsubmit_x] => 80 ) )

or even better would be actually
Array ( [smth] => Array ( [imgsubmit] => Array([x] => 80, [y] => 80) ) )

but it woul be a breaking change when changed to that and would be inconsistent with single level fields, but also it would be much clearer and would not prohibit me from having <input type="image" name="someimage" src="..."> and <input type="hidden" name="someimage_x" value="previousvalue"> fields on same form at the same time

Actual result:
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Array ( [smth] => Array ( [imgsubmit] => 80 ) )

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 [2007-10-14 12:13 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

See bug#42162
 [2007-10-15 09:53 UTC] jani@php.net 
Reopened. This is valid issue. Just not a bug but feature/change request.
 [2011-02-21 20:57 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues -Operating System: Windows XP/Linux +Operating System: *
 [2021-09-13 14:04 UTC] ddpm at liscovius dot de 
<div style="display:flex;gap:1em;">
<div>With GET using name[key]:
<form action="" method="GET">
<input type="image" name="smth[imgsubmitget]" alt="imgclick coords using get" src="t.jpg" width="200" height="200"></form>
</div>

<div>With GET using name[key][]:
<form action="" method="GET">
<input type="image" name="smth[imgsubmitpost][]" alt="imgclick coords using get (ok)" src="t.jpg" width="200" height="200"></form>
</div>

<div>With POST using name[key]:
<form action="<?= basename(__FILE__) ?>" method="POST">
<input type="image" name="smth[imgsubmitpost]" alt="imgclick coords using post" src="t.jpg" width="200" height="200"></form>
</div>

<div>With POST using name[key][]:
<form action="<?= basename(__FILE__) ?>" method="POST">
<input type="image" name="smth[imgsubmitpost][]" alt="imgclick coords using post (ok)" src="t.jpg" width="200" height="200"></form>
</div>

</div>
<pre>
$_POST: <?php print_r($_POST); ?>
$_GET: <?php print_r($_GET);?>
$_REQUEST: <?php print_r($_REQUEST);?>
</pre>

name[key]:  browser sends get data: testinputimage.php?smth[imgsubmitget].x=175&smth[imgsubmitget].y=177
name[key][]:browser sends get data: testinputimage.php?smth[imgsubmitpost][].x=65&smth[imgsubmitpost][].y=114

Browser send postdata: smth%5Bimgsubmitpost%5D.x=93&smth%5Bimgsubmitpost%5D.y=88
 [2021-09-13 14:06 UTC] ddpm at liscovius dot de 
My previous comment shows a better example to understand the issue.

Using the extra [] seems to be ok as workaround?
 [2021-09-13 14:34 UTC] ddpm at liscovius dot de 
What the "living" standard says:

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#image-button-state-(type=image)
 [2021-09-22 13:41 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Regarding HTTP, there is nothing special with parameter names
containing brackets or dots.  Regarding HTML forms, for <input
type="image" name="foo"> actually two parameters are sent (foo.x
foo.y).  PHP translates any dots in HTTP parameters to
underscores, and treats bracketed parts as array indexes.
However, it just ignores *any* trailing content after the last
bracket pair.

> Using the extra [] seems to be ok as workaround?

I wouldn't rely on that.  Maybe better don't use arrays for
multiple images, but roll your own treatment.  E.g. use names like
smth_1, smth_2, etc., and scan for these array indexes (smth_1_x,
etc.)
 
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