#22937 [Fbk]: Valid http:// URL does not open with fopen()

ID: 22937 Updated by: elmicha@php.net Reported By: freddie at bingham dot net Status: Feedback Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: Redhat 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.2 Assigned To: wez New Comment: Wow - this works for me, both with 4.3.2 and the same 4.3.3-dev from yesterday. I don't have the slightest idea why this works, though. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-10 16:13:15] pollita@php.net Try the following test: <?php ini_set('user_agent', 'PHP/4.3.2'); $p = fopen('http://pub133.ezboard.com/bonesixthwarriors', 'rb'); $p2 = fopen('http://www.microsoft.com', 'rb'); ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-10 14:43:06] elmicha@php.net According to <http://www.ezboard.com/corporate/pressroom/inthenews_enterpriselinux.html>, this "SmallWebServer" is their own software, written in SmallTalk. Google finds only pages inside the ezboard.com domain, so they are probably the only ones using it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 16:12:38] wez@php.net It looks like the web server at that address doesn't like the request headers coming in multiple packets. Performing a strace on php shows that it is conforming to the HTTP protocol, but the remote host does not send a response (recv call returns 0). To me, this sounds like a bug in the web server (I've never heard of SmallWebServer; anyone have any info on it?). I'm working on a write buffer for streams that will act as a workaround for this problem, but my time is limited, so please be patient. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 16:01:07] elmicha@php.net I'm afraid I can verify this one, both with 4.3.2 and 4.3.3-dev as of today: # sapi/cli/php -c php.ini-recommended -r ' $p = fopen("http://pub133.ezboard.com/bonesixthwarriors", "rb"); var_dump($http_response_headers); ' PHP Warning: fopen(http://pub133.ezboard.com/bonesixthwarriors): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! à|ïc ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ in Command line code on line 2 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: http_response_headers in Command line code on line 3 NULL # Configured only with --enable-debug --disable-mbstring, it's the same problem, but slightly different junk characters in the error message. Otherwise these junk characters are always the same (for the same build). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 10:33:14] freddie at bingham dot net NULL The fact that you are asking me this implies that it works for you on 4.3.2 or you are unable to test it on 4.3.2. Is that the case? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/22937 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22937&edit=1