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.

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I wrongly post this message to apache group and i was suggested to look in this forum: the only solution i found was to use urlencode() but it doesn't work.

Thanks,

Claudio.

 

[Vragabond]

In PHP dot (.) is used as concatenation operator and as such cannot be used in variables. PHP would interpret that as F2070 & 1 and get confused. That is why dots in input names get automagically transformed into underscore. Other than that, your script is behaving normally.

 

[sc7090]

You are right! I thought that the key of an array was seen as a string or a value.
But why do i need to do that? The answer is that i create a mySQL
query where the <name> is what i look for and the value is what i set.
the query looks like:

UPDATE table SET val=<value> WHERE cod=<name>

Well, if someone else has the same problem i made this:

<input name="<somename>" value="name_//_key">
<input name="key" value="<value>">

_//_ is a separator but can be anything else;
key is a string of 5 chars that rappresent a number (00001, 00012, etc...)

with string functions i separate the name from the key: with
the key i can find the value associated with the name. Using
post method i would have:

$_POST[<somename>]=>name_//_key
$_POST[<key>]=>value

That's all.

Merry Christmas to everybody.

Claudio.