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

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61679&edit=1 ID: 61679 Updated by: lstrojny@php.net Reported by: toby@php.net Summary: Error on non-standard HTTP methods -Status: Assigned +Status: To be documented 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: The fix for this bug has been committed. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. GitHub PR #190 (https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/190) merged into 5.4 and master. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-09 13:58:14] toby@php.net 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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