GET and POST method problem, key array changes

[sc7090]

Hallo to everybody,
my problem is very simple: if i write:

<input name="F2070.1" type="hidden" value="12" />
<input name="name" type="hidden" value="F2070.1" />

the print_r result for $_GET and $_POST array is:

Array ( [F2070_1] => 12 [name] => F2070.1 )

So, what happend to the key F2070.1?? I use php module and Apache version is 2.0.43

Any idea? thanks in advance for your interest.

Claudio.

 

[feherke]

Hi

This question belongs to forum434 ( PHP ). Changing the characters other then alphanumericals and underscore to underscore comes from the old times bad habit of creating variables for each form field.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[sc7090]

Thanks Feherke, i wasn't sure it was a php issue. But now i'm curious: what's the alternative to my old times habit?
I really appreaciate any suggestion that can help to improve my programming knowledge.
I move this thread to php forum as you suggested.

Thanks again,

Claudio.

 

[feherke]

Hi

No, the old bad habit is not your. You use the $_GET and $_POST arrays as encouraged by the PHP developers. ( The problem would be if you used $F2070_1 instead on $_GET[F2070_1]. See also the article about register_globals. )

How to solve the problem and get the original names in the keys ? No idea. At least not a good one. I needed this only once, then I get the $_SERVER[QUERY_STRING] and [tt]split()[/tt]-ed it to get a correct replacement for $_GET.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/