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Motivation

MultipartFormDataParser::parse() extracts the boundary with a greedy pattern:

preg_match('/boundary="?(.*)"?$/is', $contentType, $matches)

For a header like multipart/form-data; boundary=ABC; charset=utf-8 it captures ABC; charset=utf-8 as the boundary, preg_split finds no delimiters and parsing returns no parts — real-world servers and clients do append additional Content-Type parameters. Quoted boundaries with trailing parameters (boundary="ABC"; charset=utf-8) fail the same way.

Changes

Match either a quoted boundary string or an unquoted token terminated by the next parameter separator or whitespace (per the MIME parameter syntax), and bail out on an empty boundary:

preg_match('/boundary=(?:"([^"]*)"|([^;\s]*))/is', $contentType, $matches)

Existing behavior for plain and quoted boundaries without trailing parameters is unchanged.

Tests

New cases in tests/framework/web/MultipartFormDataParserTest.php: boundary followed by ; charset=utf-8 (unquoted and quoted forms) parses all parts; missing/empty boundary returns no parts.

The greedy pattern boundary="?(.*)"?$ captured everything up to the end
of the header, so a header like

    multipart/form-data; boundary=ABC; charset=utf-8

extracted the boundary 'ABC; charset=utf-8' and parsing returned no
parts. Match either a quoted boundary string or an unquoted token that
ends at the next parameter separator or whitespace instead, and bail
out on an empty boundary.
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[warning] 14-276: The class MultipartFormDataParserTest has 11 public methods. Consider refactoring MultipartFormDataParserTest to keep number of public methods under 10. (undefined)

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[warning] 66-461: The class MultipartFormDataParser has an overall complexity of 82 which is very high. The configured complexity threshold is 50. (undefined)

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[error] 66-461: The property $_uploadFileMaxSize is not named in camelCase. (undefined)

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[error] 130-211: Remove error control operator '@' on line 191. (undefined)

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[warning] 130-211: The method parse() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 15. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. (undefined)

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[warning] 226-226: Avoid variables with short names like $i. Configured minimum length is 3. (undefined)

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framework/web/MultipartFormDataParser.php (1)

145-146: LGTM!

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tests/framework/web/MultipartFormDataParserTest.php (1)

28-31: LGTM!

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framework/CHANGELOG.md (1)

7-7: LGTM!


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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved multipart form-data handling when content types include additional parameters.
    • Correctly processes quoted and unquoted boundary values, including escaped characters and embedded delimiters.
    • Requests with missing or empty boundaries now return no form-data fields.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for valid boundary formats, misleading parameters, and missing or empty boundaries.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the changelog with the multipart boundary parsing fix.

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Multipart boundary handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Boundary extraction and validation
framework/web/MultipartFormDataParser.php, tests/framework/web/MultipartFormDataParserTest.php, framework/CHANGELOG.md
parse() uses MIME-parameter extraction for quoted and unquoted boundary values. Missing and empty boundaries return empty body parameters. Tests cover additional parameters, escaped and quoted values, misleading text, and empty values. The changelog records the fix.

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A rabbit parses boundaries with care.
Quoted and plain values wait there.
Missing or empty, forms stay still.
Escaped marks pass through the mill.
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In `@framework/web/MultipartFormDataParser.php`:
- Around line 145-152: Update the boundary-matching regex in the
MultipartFormDataParser parsing flow to recognize boundary= only at the start of
the Content-Type header or immediately after a semicolon, preventing matches
inside unrelated parameter names or quoted values. Preserve the existing
empty-boundary checks and return [] when no valid boundary parameter is present.
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framework/web/MultipartFormDataParser.php

[warning] 66-376: The class MultipartFormDataParser has an overall complexity of 53 which is very high. The configured complexity threshold is 50. (undefined)

(ExcessiveClassComplexity)


[error] 66-376: The property $_uploadFileMaxSize is not named in camelCase. (undefined)

(CamelCasePropertyName)


[error] 66-376: The property $_uploadFileMaxCount is not named in camelCase. (undefined)

(CamelCasePropertyName)


[error] 130-215: Remove error control operator '@' on line 195. (undefined)

(ErrorControlOperator)


[warning] 130-215: The method parse() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 17. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. (undefined)

(CyclomaticComplexity)


[warning] 130-215: The method parse() has an NPath complexity of 2368. The configured NPath complexity threshold is 200. (undefined)

(NPathComplexity)


[error] 130-215: parse accesses the super-global variable $_POST. (undefined)

(Superglobals)


[error] 130-215: parse accesses the super-global variable $_FILES. (undefined)

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tests/framework/web/MultipartFormDataParserTest.php

[warning] 14-270: The class MultipartFormDataParserTest has 11 public methods. Consider refactoring MultipartFormDataParserTest to keep number of public methods under 10. (undefined)

(TooManyPublicMethods)

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tests/framework/web/MultipartFormDataParserTest.php (1)

16-33: LGTM!

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Thanks for the fix. Additionally, please add the corresponding entry to framework/CHANGELOG.md.

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Please address the following correctness issues before approval.

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Empty quoted boundary (`boundary=""`) left $matches[2] unset and
became a PHP warning. The substring match also picked `boundary=`
inside other parameter names and quoted values.

Split parameters only outside quoted-strings, reject an empty
boundary, and cover those cases in tests.
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Added under 2.0.56.

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Lgtm

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