64770 - PHP-style forms with arrays are not compatible with Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[bunkin]

PHP allows using arrays in the forms, so the multiple select or check boxes 
would appear as PHP arrays in the script. This is done by specifying
<select multiple name="beer[]">. Pay close attention to [] signs. When 
submitting such form from any browser (IE, Netscape 3, Opera, etc) it works 
fine. When submitting from Mozilla (final 6.0 release), it works as if it was 
not an array but a simple variable, sending one single value for multiple 
select field. Also such problem seem to appear in new AOL browser, though I 
have no detailed information on this topic. I know that specifying beer[] 
instead of beer is breaking some old dusty w3c standard, but such forms are 
used on many sites, and there is no alternative way of doing this for 
developers, so I beg you at Mozilla.org to let us developers use the PHP arrays 
in the forms.

Comment 1

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Reporter: could you please read the Bug Writing Guidelines at:
   http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html
...to see the kinds of information we need in a bug report. Please
report back with more information (like BuildID and most importantly
a testcase) after reading those guidelines and consider using the
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The Helper can be found at:
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Thanks for your help in testing Mozilla!

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

When I try a form with such a select element, mozilla seems to be sending the
right thing to the server (linux build 2000-01-05-08).  Attaching testcase.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Attachment: testcase using <select name="beer[]">

Comment 4

[rods (gone)]

On WinNT I get exactly the same results that I do with Nav 4.x

Comment 5

[Keyser Sose]

WORKSFORME
Platform: PC
OS: Windows 98
Mozilla Build: 2001011204

& 
Platform: PC
OS: Linux 2.2.16
Mozilla Build: 2001011204

Comment 6

[Keyser Sose]

Marking WORKSFORME. The layout problem in the returned page is bug 65143.

Comment 7

[Vladimir Ermakov]

Verifying on windows 2000 build 2001-01-26-10-MTEST