Req #34775 [Wfx]: parse_url() provide better error description on failure

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34775&edit=1 ID: 34775 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported by: mfischer@php.net Summary: parse_url() provide better error description on failure Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: URL related Operating System: * PHP Version: * Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 😅 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-07-26 12:55:48] cmb@php.net Nothing happened here for more than 15 years, and parse_url() is broken anyway, so I'm closing this ticket as WONTFIX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-07 08:35:47] mfischer@php.net Description: ------------ parse_url() may return FALSE if the url cannot be parsed but doesn't indicate why it failed. parse_url() internally calls php_url_parse_ex() which, from a quick look, has currently two cases it returns NULL (and thus parse_url() returns FALSE): 1) http://cvs.php.net/co.php/php-src/ext/standard/url.c?r=1.88#257 if (e-p > 5) { /* port cannot be longer then 5 characters */ [...] return NULL 2) http://cvs.php.net/co.php/php-src/ext/standard/url.c?r=1.88#274 /* check if we have a valid host, if we don't reject the string as url */ [...] return NULL; An error code or string should be available for functions calling php_url_parse_ex() so a message to the user can be forwarded why it failed. ps: the captcha is really really very unfriendly. This is my fifth try because all the time some of the character aren't even completely visible [cropped off] :-[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34775&edit=1