diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.boetemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.boetemplate.inc.php
index d3164876a5..75904ee06d 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.boetemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.boetemplate.inc.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class boetemplate extends soetemplate
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$value = str_replace(array("'",'"'),array('\\\'','"'),$value);
+					$value = str_replace(array("'",'"','[',']'),array('\\\'','"','[',']'),$value);
 					$name = str_replace(array('{'.$matches[1].'}',$matches[1]),$value,$name);
 				}
 			}
@@ -576,7 +576,10 @@ class boetemplate extends soetemplate
 	 */
 	static function isset_array($arr,$idx)
 	{
-		$idxs = explode('[',str_replace(']','',$idx));
+		if (count($idxs = explode('[', $idx, 2)) > 1)
+		{
+			$idxs = array_merge(array($idxs[0]), explode('][', substr($idxs[1],0,-1)));
+		}
 		$last_idx = array_pop($idxs);
 		$pos = &$arr;
 		foreach($idxs as $idx)
@@ -603,7 +606,10 @@ class boetemplate extends soetemplate
 	 */
 	static function set_array(&$arr,$idx,$val)
 	{
-		$idxs = explode('[',str_replace(']','',$idx));
+		if (count($idxs = explode('[', $idx, 2)) > 1)
+		{
+			$idxs = array_merge(array($idxs[0]), explode('][', substr($idxs[1],0,-1)));
+		}
 		$pos = &$arr;
 		foreach($idxs as $idx)
 		{
@@ -634,7 +640,10 @@ class boetemplate extends soetemplate
 		}
 		if (is_object($idx)) return false;	// given an error in php5.2
 
-		$idxs = explode('[',str_replace(']','',$idx));
+		if (count($idxs = explode('[', $idx, 2)) > 1)
+		{
+			$idxs = array_merge(array($idxs[0]), explode('][', substr($idxs[1],0,-1)));
+		}
 		$pos = &$arr;
 		foreach($idxs as $idx)
 		{
@@ -663,7 +672,10 @@ class boetemplate extends soetemplate
 		{
 			throw new egw_exception_assertion_failed(__METHOD__."(\$arr,'$idx') \$arr is no array!");
 		}
-		$idxs = explode('[',str_replace(']','',$idx));
+		if (count($idxs = explode('[', $idx, 2)) > 1)
+		{
+			$idxs = array_merge(array($idxs[0]), explode('][', substr($idxs[1],0,-1)));
+		}
 		$last_idx = array_pop($idxs);
 		$pos = &$arr;
 		foreach($idxs as $idx)
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
index b5775989cf..cb792957ac 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* eGroupWare - EditableTemplates - HTML User Interface
+* EGroupware - EditableTemplates - HTML User Interface
 *
 * @link http://www.egroupware.org
 * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
@@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ class etemplate extends boetemplate
 			{
 				$attr = array();
 			}
+			$form_name = str_replace(array('&#x5B;','&#x5D;'), array('[',']'), $form_name);
 			$value = etemplate::get_array($content_in,$form_name,True,$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] == 'etemplate' ? false : true );
 			// The comment below does only aplay to normal posts, not for xajax. Files are not supported anyway by xajax atm.
 			// not checked checboxes are not returned in HTML and file is in $_FILES and not in $content_in