tracker issue : CF-3991872

It appears the behavior of Form Fields with the same name has changed after I updated ColdFusion 11 to Update 5. The application had been working, but as of the update, we noticed form fields with the same name were coming through as Arrays. I added the this.sameformfieldsasarray = false in both the Application.cfc in the root of the project and also in the Application.cfc in the Fusebox framework, but I still get arrays when I access parameters in Fusebox.

Attached is a sample app, containing the Fusebox 5.5 files and a quick demonstration. After you run the code, you can open the Application.cfc in the Fusebox5 directory and verify the this.sameformfieldsasarray parameter is set. A few lines down, there is the following code:
	<cfset structAppend(attributes,URL,true) />
	<cfset structAppend(attributes,form,true) />

Dumping Form or URL in this Application.cfc results in Arrays for any formfields with the same name. If the form fields are text boxes, the array is sized for the number of elements, regardless of whether there is any text in the text box. Checkboxes are different and only populated checkboxes are added to the array.


Problem Description:
Form fields with the same name are combined into an array when using an Application.cfm file on Windows 2012 x64 install of ColdFusion 11 update 5.

The setting should be off by default.

Steps to Reproduce:
Unzip the attachment into your webroot.
Call it like this: http://localhost/testcase/index.cfm?fuseaction=util.formfields
Add values to the form text fields and also check some of the checkboxes. 
Push the submit button. Both the form scope, and the specific values will be dumped to the screen. Note, the values coming through Fusebox will be arrays.


The string <cfset this.sameformfieldsasarray = "false" /> has been added to the Application.cfc in the root of the application, as well as the Application.cfc in the Fusebox framework.



Actual Result:
The form struct contains an array called formField

Expected Result:
The form struct should contain a list called formField

Any Workarounds:
Can loop through the form scope on every request and convert arrays to lists

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	3991872

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Dan
External Customer Email:  
External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:

Server Product	ColdFusion

Version	11,0,05,293506

Tomcat Version	7.0.54.0

Edition	Enterprise  

Operating System	Windows Server 2012  

OS Version	6.2  

Update Level	C:/ColdFusion11/cfusion/lib/updates/chf11000005.jar  

Adobe Driver Version	5.1.3 (Build 000094)  

JVM Details

Java Version	1.7.0_51  

Java Vendor	Oracle Corporation  

Java Vendor URL	http://java.oracle.com/

Java Home	C:\ColdFusion11\jre  

Java File Encoding	Cp1252  

Java Default Locale	en_US

Attachments:

1. May 21, 2015 00:00:00: 1_TestCase.zip
2. September 02, 2015 00:00:00: 2_0-all_checkboxes.png
3. September 02, 2015 00:00:00: 3_1-one_checkbox.png
4. September 02, 2015 00:00:00: 4_2-no-checkbox.png

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