Bug #10804 Updated: No HTTP_POST_VARS

ID: 10804 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: hectorp@buckfoodsvc.com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Other web server Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.0.5 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to report a problem with PHP. Unfortunately your version of PHP is too old -- the problem might already be fixed. Please download a new PHP version from http://www.php.net/downloads.php If you are able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest versions of PHP, please change the PHP version on this bug report to the version you tested and change the status back to "Open". Again, thank you for your continued support of PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-27 04:14:45] pliszka@bellatlantic.net I have the same problem. PHP 4 IIS 4 Windows NT 4.0 Server ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-05-11 04:17:32] hectorp@buckfoodsvc.com PHP 4.0.5 and 4.0.4pl1 (tried the latter as a fallback) downloaded as binaries from your php.net site, running Xitami. Also tried on a Windows ME machine and got the same results, which are: POSTing from a form does not result in the $HTTP_POST_VARS array being created. It also doesn't create the global versions of these variables (with register_globals on or off). However, it _does_ create appropriate entries in $HTTP_ENV_VARS['FORM_*'] and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['FORM_*']. Additionally, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS show up fine (unrelated, just FYI). I used this code to "emulate" (badly) the HTTP_POST_VARS variables, just to be sure that was really the problem: if(count($HTTP_POST_VARS) < 2) { // test always succeeds reset($HTTP_ENV_VARS); // is set, but is 0 size while(list($k,$v) = each($HTTP_ENV_VARS)) { if(!strncmp($k,"FORM_",5)) { $g = strtolower(substr($k,5)); $HTTP_POST_VARS[$g] = $v; // create fake array var $$g = $v; // create fake global var } } } I tried several scripts from the internet (Phorum, etc.) and had the same problem with all, whenever a form POSTed, on both machines using both versions of PHP. Even a form with only a simple submit button fails without the above hack. This is bizaare. Here are some typical results from phpinfo() after a POST: This is from the Environment section: QUERY_METHOD POST REQUEST_METHOD POST ... FORM_SET Login FORM_AUTHKEY FORM_AUTHPASS 22222222 FORM_AUTHUSER Myadmin23 FORM_REFERERURL http://forum.hectorplasmic.com/frontpage.php This is from the PHP Variables section: HTTP_SERVER_VARS["QUERY_METHOD"] POST HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REQUEST_METHOD"] POST ... HTTP_SERVER_VARS["FORM_SET"] Login HTTP_SERVER_VARS["FORM_AUTHKEY"] HTTP_SERVER_VARS["FORM_AUTHPASS"] 22222222 HTTP_SERVER_VARS["FORM_AUTHUSER"] Myadmin23 HTTP_SERVER_VARS["FORM_REFERERURL"] http://forum.hectorplasmic.com/frontpage.php So is this: HTTP_ENV_VARS["QUERY_METHOD"] POST HTTP_ENV_VARS["REQUEST_METHOD"] POST HTTP_ENV_VARS["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] CGI/1.1 HTTP_ENV_VARS["SERVER_SECURITY"] - HTTP_ENV_VARS["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] HTTP/1.1 HTTP_ENV_VARS["SERVER_PORT"] 80 ... HTTP_ENV_VARS["SERVER_VERSION"] 2.5b1 HTTP_ENV_VARS["SERVER_SOFTWARE"] Xitami HTTP_ENV_VARS["FORM_SET"] Login HTTP_ENV_VARS["FORM_AUTHKEY"] HTTP_ENV_VARS["FORM_AUTHPASS"] 22222222 HTTP_ENV_VARS["FORM_AUTHUSER"] Myadmin23 HTTP_ENV_VARS["FORM_REFERERURL"] http://forum.hectorplasmic.com/frontpage.php So is this, but they're my "fake" variables created by the code above. These don't show up without that code -- no HTTP_POST_VARS at all. HTTP_POST_VARS["set"] Login HTTP_POST_VARS["authkey"] HTTP_POST_VARS["authpass"] 22222222 HTTP_POST_VARS["authuser"] Myadmin23 HTTP_POST_VARS["refererurl"] http://forum.hectorplasmic.com/frontpage.php Here's the form (stripped of HTML formatting crud): <form method="post" action="/login.php" name="login"> <input type="hidden" name="refererurl" value="http://forum.hectorplasmic.com/frontpage.php"><br> Username: <input class="inp" type="text" name="authUser"> Userpass: <input class="inp" type="password" name="authPass"> Activation code: <input class="inp" type="text" name="authKey"> <input class="button" type="submit" name="set" value="Login"> <input class="button" type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear"> </form> I beat my head on the wall trying to figure it out -- obviously, this hasn't been happening to very many people, or you'd be flooded with complaints -- but I give up, I'm whupped. Any ideas? After I get some sleep, I may try PHP 3.x just to see if the problem remains... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=10804&edit=1