#29799 [Opn->Bgs]: extract performs urldecode?

ID:               29799
Updated by:       vrana@php.net
Reported By:      cpuidle at gmx dot de
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
Bug Type:         Documentation problem
Operating System: WinXP SP2
PHP Version:      5.0.1
New Comment:

extract() doesn't perform urldecode() as proves this test case:

<?php
extract(array("a" => "%70"));
echo $a; // %70
?>

$_REQUEST and similar variables already contain urldecoded data.


Previous Comments:
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[2004-12-29 18:44:35] mez@php.net

It's true that nowhere is it mentioned that any variables from outside
PHP will be automatically urldecode()'ed... but isn't this expected
behaviour? When you pass a variable, whether through POST, GET or
Cookies, don't you want that variable to be as it was sent, rather than
encoded?

I know this might be confusing for people coming from other languages
(such as Perl), but doesn't it make sense to have it that way?

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[2004-08-23 17:04:04] cpuidle at gmx dot de

Description:
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Running this code:

extract($_REQUEST);

the resulting (global) variables are url-decoded. I found that
$_REQUEST is already url-decoded and couldn't find any documentation?

Reproduce code:
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Expected result:
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make clean when url-decoding is performed.

Actual result:
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