Bug #71245 [Opn->Csd]: file_get_contents() ignores "header" context option if it's a reference

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71245&edit=1 ID: 71245 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: php at maisqi dot com Summary: file_get_contents() ignores "header" context option if it's a reference -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Streams related Operating System: Windows 64 bits PHP Version: 7.0.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Automatic comment on behalf of laruence@gmail.com Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=90d2f509e2164b60fc7bc8407e63504c910cce11 Log: Fixed bug #71245 (file_get_contents() ignores "header" context option if it's a reference) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-30 11:09:27] php at maisqi dot com Description: ------------ file_get_contents() does not pass the headers in the stream context if it's given as a reference to an array, as exemplified below: $headers = ['Host: maisqi.com']; $httpContext = [ 'http' => [ 'header' => &$headers, ], ]; $uri = 'http://77.91.206.217/outros/bugs/php/_print_host_headers.php'; $content = file_get_contents($uri, false, stream_context_create($httpContext)); In PHP 5.6, this works flawlessly; on PHP7, the request is issued with no headers. If no reference is given ('header' => $headers), this works on both versions. Test script: --------------- $headers = ['Host: maisqi.com']; $httpContext = [ 'http' => [ 'protocol_version' => '1.1', 'method' => 'GET', 'header' => &$headers, 'follow_location' => 0, 'max_redirects' => 0, 'ignore_errors' => true, 'timeout' => 60, ], ]; $uri = 'http://77.91.206.217/outros/bugs/php/_print_host_headers.php'; $content = file_get_contents($uri, false, stream_context_create($httpContext)); echo "Content:\n"; if ($content === false) echo '-'; else if ($content === '') echo '(empty)'; else echo htmlspecialchars($content); echo "\n\n\$http_response_header:\n"; if (empty($http_response_header)) echo '-'; else print_r($http_response_header); Expected result: ---------------- It should print something like tbis: Content: HTTP_HOST: maisqi.com SERVER_NAME: maisqi.com $http_response_header: Array ( [0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK [1] => Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:04:09 GMT [2] => Server: Apache [3] => Connection: close [4] => Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 ) Actual result: -------------- It prints the HTML of a "Page Not Found" page, because no specific Host header is requested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71245&edit=1