Bug #55780 [Nab]: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] does not contain the request's complete URI

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55780&edit=1 ID: 55780 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: chealer at gmail dot com Summary: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] does not contain the request's complete URI Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It is not a bug, at least not in PHP, because PHP has nothing to do with setting this. It comes directly from your web server. We simply populate the $_SERVER array with whatever your web server has put into the environment. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-12-15 18:23:13] chealer at gmail dot com Hi Michael, It is arguably not a bug per se that $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] does not contain the request's URI. One might argue the name is simply misleading. However, there is unarguably a bug as long as the documentation claims REQUEST_URI contains the URI. As I wrote: "At this point, it is probably a bad idea to simply fix. This should probably be treated as a documentation bug, and just cause the $_SERVER documentation to fix the entry description, adding a warning about the name." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-12-06 07:25:32] mike@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-09-25 18:08:40] chealer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ According to http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php the REQUEST_URI entry of $_SERVER contains "The URI which was given in order to access this page". This is not the case, as the example given just after shows: "for instance, '/index.html'". Actually, REQUEST_URI contains a URI reference. This bug exists since as far as I can remember. At this point, it is probably a bad idea to simply fix. This should probably be treated as a documentation bug, and just cause the $_SERVER documentation to fix the entry description, adding a warning about the name. However, having the actual request URI would be useful too, be it through a new "ACTUAL_REQUEST_URI" entry, a function, or something. Note: this bug is not completely PHP-specific. http://labs.apache.org/webarch/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html#hierarchical gives a historical perspective on URI/URL terminology. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55780&edit=1