libs/web: better server side handling of DynList values

diff --git a/libs/web/luasrc/cbi.lua b/libs/web/luasrc/cbi.lua
index 50b594b4ce911fb309738b689e0e3a96522c29b0..0fc93b25cd3dce1fa8f504fe743d0fccbfe3c405 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/web/luasrc/cbi.lua
+++ b/libs/web/luasrc/cbi.lua
@@ -1657,15 +1657,27 @@ function DynamicList.value(self, key, val)
 end
 
 function DynamicList.write(self, section, value)
-       if self.cast == "string" and type(value) == "table" then
-               value = table.concat(value, " ")
-       elseif self.cast == "table" and type(value) == "string" then
-               local x, t = { }
-               for x in value:gmatch("%S+") do
-                       if #x > 0 then
+       local t = { }
+
+       if type(value) == "table" then
+               local x
+               for _, x in ipairs(value) do
+                       if x and #x > 0 then
                                t[#t+1] = x
                        end
                end
+       elseif self.cast == "table" then
+               local x
+               for x in util.imatch(value) do
+                       t[#t+1] = x
+               end
+       else
+               t = { value }
+       end
+
+       if self.cast == "string" then
+               value = table.concat(t, " ")
+       else
                value = t
        end