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<title>circumvent max_input_vars limit in PHP</title></head>
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<a href="max_input_vars3.php">restart</a><br>
<?php
if(!empty($_REQUEST)) {
    echo count($_REQUEST,1)." num request variables
    <pre>";

    if(isset($_REQUEST['serialized_data'])){
        $params = array();
        parse_str(urldecode($_REQUEST['serialized_data']), $params);
        echo count($params,1)." serialized variables:";
        var_export($params);
    }else var_export($_REQUEST);
    echo "</pre>";
}else {
    ?><h1>visible post form 1</h1>
    <form method="post" id="f" action=""><?
        for($i=0;$i<10;$i++) echo '<input type="hiddden" value="v'.$i.'<" name="v'.$i.'">';
        ?><input type="submit" name="sadosa">
    </form>
    <h1>hidden form 2 1100 vars</h1>
    <form method="post" id="f2">
        <input type="text" value="v&quot;a" name="somequote"><?
        for($i=0;$i<1100;$i++) echo '<input type="hidden" value="v'.$i.'" name="v'.$i.'">';
        ?><textarea name="bla">blubb</textarea>
<select name="bla"><option>test</select>
<input type="submit">
    </form>
    <h1>multidimensional form</h1>
    <form method="post" id="m"><?
        for($i=0;$i<5;$i++){
            for($k=0;$k<2;$k++){
                echo '<input type="hidden" value="m'.$i.'_'.$k.'" name="m['.$i.']['.$k.']">';
            }
        }?><input type="submit">
    </form>
    <h1>get form</h1>
    <form method="get" id="g"><?
        for($i=0;$i<10;$i++) echo '<input type="hidden" value="v'.$i.'" name="v'.$i.'">';
        ?><input type="submit">
    </form>
    <?


}
?>
    <script>
    // this disables all form elements and creates only one new element that contains all data serialized
    $('form[method=post]').click(function() {
        var data=$(this).serialize();
        var num_form_elements=$(this).find('input, select, textarea').not('[type="submit"]').length;
        var num_elements_already_disabled=$(this).find('input:disabled, select:disabled, textarea:disabled').length;
        $(this).find('input, select, textarea').not('[type="submit"]').attr("disabled", true);
        $(this).append('    <input type="hidden" name="num_form_elements" value="'+num_form_elements+'">');  // to mark request
        $(this).append('    <input type="hidden" name="num_elements_already_disabled" value="'+num_elements_already_disabled+'">');  // to mark request
        $(this).append('    <textarea style="display:true" name="serialized_data">'+(data)+'</textarea>'); // maybe .replace(/</g,'&lt;')
        // or use instead of a hidden input:
        //$(this).append('  <input type="hidden" name="serialized_data" value="'+data+'">');  // maybe .replace(/"/g,'&quot;')

        /*

        TODO: find submitbutton and clone it, somehow like var submitbutton = $(this).find("input[type=submit]").first();

        $( "form[method=post]" ).each(function( index ) {
            $(this).attr("uniqueID",index)
        });
        ...
        var uniqueID=$(this).attr("uniqueID");
        //var uniqueID = Math.floor( Math.random()*99999 );

        var action=$(this).attr("action");
        var actionstr='';
        if(action!=undefined) actionstr=' action="'+action+'"';
        alert($(this).attr("id"));
        $(this).append('<form method="post"'+actionstr+' id="generatedform'+uniqueID+'">');
        $(this).append('    <input type="submit">');
        $(this).append('</form>');
        */
        //t=setTimeout("$('#generatedform'+uniqueID).submit();",500);

        //return false;
    });
    </script>
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