Bug #73639 [Dup->Csd]: parse_url fails when ? is present in the password section

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73639&edit=1 ID: 73639 User updated by: jazzerman+php at gmail dot com Reported by: jazzerman+php at gmail dot com Summary: parse_url fails when ? is present in the password section -Status: Duplicate +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: *URL Functions Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.6.28 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Got it! I just removed that ? form the password - that fixed the issue. It works fine in my local development but on the production machine it was failing due to PHP version being newer. Thanks for your reply! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-12-02 01:54:00] requinix@php.net Characters like ? are not allowed in the userinfo portion of URLs, and PHP accepting them in the past was incorrect behavior. You need to urlencode() the password. See also bug #73500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-12-02 01:47:31] jazzerman+php at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.parse-url --- I was using PHPActiveRecord and the framework utilizes parse_url to store the settings for DB connection. E.g. $db_conn = 'mysql://db_username:zZ?Zmasdfj3459f8g7L0I$Ai5}OGe@localhost/db_name?charset=utf8'; print_r(parse_url($db_conn)); It was all working fine in all previous versions of PHP but with 5.6.28 for some reason it stopped parsing the string above. After testing I realized "?" in the password field causes the function to fail. Please fix. Thanks! Test script: --------------- $db_conn = 'mysql://username:zZ?Zmasdfj3459f8g7L0I$Ai5}OGe@localhost/db_name?charset=utf8'; print_r(parse_url($db_conn)); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [scheme] => mysql [host] => localhost [user] => username [pass] => zZ?Zmasdfj3459f8g7L0I$Ai5}OGe [path] => /db_name [query] => charset=utf8 ) Actual result: -------------- bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73639&edit=1