Bug #16305 Updated: curl post doesn't behave as per the manual

ID: 16305 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: reywob@f2s.com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: cURL related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: PHP 4.2.0-dev does not use curl_formparse..please try the RC2 from http://www.php.net/~derick/ Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-27 03:49:03] reywob@f2s.com The curl extension is not behaving as described in the manual. If you set CURLOPT_POST to 1, and then pass an array to CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, it sets Content-type to multipart/form-data instead of application/x-www-form-urlencoded. This is wrong: the multipart header should only be used when CURLOPT_PUT is set. To quote the PHP manual: {{{CURLOPT_POST: Set this option to a non-zero value if you want PHP to do a regular HTTP POST. This POST is a normal application/x-www-form-urlencoded kind, most commonly used by HTML forms.}}} Here is what the author of curl (Daniel Stenberg) says - full message at <http://curl.haxx.se/mail/curlphp-2001-11/0003.html>: {{{I took a tour into the inner workings of the php curl wrapper code and I've now returned to tell about my findings! ;-) When you pass an array to CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, it is passed as a multipart/form-data post exactly as you describe. The problem with this is that it uses the libcurl function curl_formparse() to accomplish this, and that is a lame function(*). It does not support newlines in the contents like you tried here. The wrapper should instead use the new (and much better) curl_formadd() function for this purpose. It does not have this newline problem. (*) = yet it was the only available one for a very long time.}}} I think there is enough evidence here to change the behaviour of the extension - I think it can be done without breaking backwards compatibility. The extension was never meant to behave like this, as the manual testifies. Regards, Peter Bowyer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16305&edit=1