Bug #61679 [Asn->Opn]: Error on non-standard HTTP methods

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61679&edit=1 ID: 61679 User updated by: toby@php.net Reported by: toby@php.net Summary: Error on non-standard HTTP methods -Status: Assigned +Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Built-in web server Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.4.0 Assigned To: laruence Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Just to make this clear: HTTP allows arbitrary method verbs to be used. Quoting the EBNF from RFC 2616, chapter 5.1.1: Method = "OPTIONS" ; Section 9.2 | "GET" ; Section 9.3 … | extension-method extension-method = token Event if the server itself does not support a certain method, it should not crash, but send a 405 (Method Not Allowed) response. However, for the built in web server, it makes sense to let the executed script handle this and pipe arbitrary method verbs to it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-09 13:58:01] laruence@php.net hmm, I will try to fix it when I find what will apache does in such case :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-09 13:47:56] toby@php.net Description: ------------ The built in webserver bails out with an error on retrieval of a non-standard HTTP request method (e.g. PATCH). Test script: --------------- Run the PHP built in web server on PORT 8042 and use the following script to reproduce the error: $httpFilePointer = fopen( 'http://localhost:8042', 'r', false, stream_context_create( array( 'http' => array( 'method' => 'PATCH', ), ) ) ); Expected result: ---------------- A valid HTTP response, depending on the script run by the server. Actual result: -------------- The server logs to shell: [Mon Apr 9 15:45:35 2012] ::1:37726 Invalid request (Malformed HTTP request) The client complains about a malformed response: Warning: fopen(http://localhost:8042): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! in … ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61679&edit=1