Instead, of the current syntax, of having array-type attributes defined as key=val1|val2 etc... The normal behavior for a HTTP GET query string is key=val1&key=val2 etc... i.e. they key is duplicated for each value.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64570
Just noticed, that for php to accept multiple same names, they must be followed by a [], as in:
<form method="get">
<input type="checkbox" value="a" name="foo[]" /><label for="foo">Foo</label><br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="b" name="foo[]" /><label for="bar">Bar</label><br/>
<input type="checkbox" value="c" name="foo[]" /><label for="baz">Baz</label><br/>
<input type="submit"/>
</form>
which will generate:
test.php?foo%5B%5D=a&foo%5B%5D=b&foo%5B%5D=c
and an array:
Array
(
[foo] => Array
(
[0] => a
[1] => b
[2] => c
))
from $_GET
perhaps this would be too cumbersome for the api.
Consider what this would mean when requesting a hundred titles:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles[]=a&titles[]=b&titles[]=c&...
versus:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=a|b|c|...
The query string using the titles[] approach grows very long very quickly. Besides, converting an array to the a|b|c format is very easy with PHP's implode function.
(In reply to comment #3)
Consider what this would mean when requesting a hundred titles:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles[]=a&titles[]=b&titles[]=c&...
versus:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=a|b|c|...
The query string using the titles[] approach grows very long very quickly.
Besides, converting an array to the a|b|c format is very easy with PHP's
implode function.
In that you are right. :)