Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61037&edit=1
ID: 61037 Updated by: larue...@php.net Reported by: anoop_alex at yahoo dot com Summary: Cookie Name Changing -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Apache related Operating System: Windows 7 Prof PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2012-02-10 (SVN) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 Dots and spaces in variable names are converted to underscores. For example <input name="a.b" /> becomes $_REQUEST["a_b"]. http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-02-10 06:50:35] anoop_alex at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ My application supports user IDs with underscore or dot between alphanumeric string. The users preferences are stored in cookies. The cookie key is prefixed with the user id. It is observed that the dots in the userIDs are getting converted to underscores in the setCookie method. The same replacement doesn't appear to happen during retrieve and hence the application fails to detect the preferences. Sample Script: <?php setcookie("test.cookie.error","something"); print_r($_COOKIE); ?> Output Array ( [test_cookie_error] => something ) Test script: --------------- <?php setcookie("test.cookie.error","something"); print_r($_COOKIE); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [test.cookie.error] => something ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [test_cookie_error] => something ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61037&edit=1
