#29162 [NEW]: HEAD request script terminates on non-header output

From: php-bugs at carldunham dot com Operating system: Linux (Gentoo 1.4) PHP version: 4.3.7 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: HEAD request script terminates on non-header output Description: ------------ It seems that a script executing in response to a HEAD request will terminate when non-header output is generated. This can lead to different behavior in HEAD vs GET, which may not be desirable. Other bug reports (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15693) have indicated that the entire script executes, which does not seem to be the case. I was unable to find documentation of what is the intended behavior, although I would vote for having the script complete no matter the method, as working around cases where that is not desirable is easier: if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'HEAD') exit(); at the top of a script, vs. if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'HEAD') { // do outputty things } // do non-outputty things sprinkled throughout the code. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $fp = fopen('/tmp/test-head.out', 'a'); fwrite($fp, "Method = " . $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] . "\n"); echo "hello"; fwrite($fp, "POST: " . print_r($_POST, true) . "\n"); fwrite($fp, "GET: " . print_r($_GET, true) . "\n\n"); fclose($fp); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29162&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29162&r=float