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Aristotle (5147)
Sunday December 03, 2006
03:46 AM
“PHP is a hodgepodge morass”, part ∞
But what if you‘re of the OO-persuasion and use square brackets in your input name attributes to group the properties of your object? Something like this:
<label>Zip File: <input type="file" name="download[zip]"
/></label>
<label>Screenshot: <input type="file" name="download[screenshot]"/></label> Based on the behavior of the
$_GETand$_POSTsuperglobals one would assume something along the lines of:[…]
But what have we learned about assumption? Suddenly,
$_FILESis a tangled mess. The properties of your uploaded files become properties of your named object and the properties you were expecting become properties of the uploaded file properties! Zah?
Why am I not surprised?
Or is it a BUG?"
"Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)"
--Larry Wall in <6909@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
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