Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: $-sign in form input names? Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:54:32 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <87egtkcm9z.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <996e3930-f711-4338-9093-07115af47380@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="017616aa25f81ec581c44d76d61ba2f3"; logging-data="21772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/BKaxD8Vo5OYPGlz72BnQgBuhUwrOTank=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:X7VAITznT3B6o4lxpdl9/89hN58= sha1:UAUVsWDekNfVN7cg56y5fjkyT68= X-BSB-Auth: 1.190f55e9848dce07bb26.20141103155432GMT.87egtkcm9z.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:14449 sonnichjensen@gmail.com writes: > I am working on an existing system, and they have an interesting way > of operating inputs: > > form_name$value_name > > Why the $? What is it good for? It's just a separator. > They want a way to post data automatically from another system, but I > cannot handle the $. Why can't you handle it? It should appear in $_GET or $_POST just like any other form control name. > Some other values such as / would be replaces by > %xx but that does not work with $ The URL encoding should not matter. I think you should post a link to a page that shows this problem, because you might well be doing something rather odd. -- Ben.