$_GET variable restrictions? I cant use a .(period)?

[OmniX]

I am trying to see the restrictions of $_GET global variable and when I use the URL localhost/test/test.php?abc.def I am getting the variable abc_def in the global variable $_GET, any ideas? Any other restrictions?

[mschroeder]

http://us3.php.net/variables.external

Explains why those periods are converted to underscores.
Through the comments there are also other characters that are mentioned that appear to be converted as well.

[OmniX]

http://us3.php.net/variables.external

Explains why those periods are converted to underscores.
Through the comments there are also other characters that are mentioned that appear to be converted as well.

Thanks was useful, how to counter the restrictions being converted to a _?

[mschroeder]

You can extrapolate from the function posted here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php#94607

[OmniX]

You can extrapolate from the function posted here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php#94607

I tried that function previously print_r( getRealPOST() ); but returns an empty array?

[mschroeder]

It looks like only POST values get sent to php://input.
I reworked the function so it gets it's values from the $_SERVER variable.

<?php
function getRealGet()
{
	$pairs = explode( '&', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] );
	$vars = array();
	foreach ($pairs as $pair) {
		$nv = explode("=", $pair);
		$name = urldecode($nv[0]);
		$value = urldecode($nv[1]);
		$vars[$name] = $value;
	}
	return $vars;
}

var_dump( getRealGet() );

[OmniX]

That what I have been testing with using "$_SERVER" there must be more of a efficient way? Thanks for the edited function.