Re: $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA

Here's the original message and response: Jason From: Rasmus Lerdorf (rasmus@php.net) Date: 07/21/00 Look at $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Jason wrote: > I realize you guys get too much mail to this list already, but nobody seems > to know much about this. Do you guys have any ideas? > > Jason > > > I'm asking this question on behalf of someone else and am quite > > ignorant to what he's talking about. Does anyone have a clue? > > > > ---snip--- > > The data in HTML form POSTs is packaged into name value pairs. But when > > IE 5 exports its favorites file to a server (an HTML file), it sends a > > raw HTTP POST of the data (there are no names and values, just a raw > > text stream). > > > > PHP's HTTP_POST_VARS does a good job of exposing the variables found in > > HTML form posts. But it doesn't allow access to the raw HTTP > > POST data (HTTP_POST_VARS contains a brave but corrupted attempt to > > parse the 'variables'). > > > > Perl CGI stdin has a similar problem to PHP. But someone did an > > experiment for me and found that mod_perl's read command works > > perfectly. > > ---snip--- > > > > jason > > Why would you want to use $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA anyway? What data could you be > trying to send to PHP to need it in a raw format? I can't find the origional > message from this one so I don't know what the real problem is. Can you let > me know? > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Cox [mailto:jasonc@webpipe.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 2:47 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net; php-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA > > > Anyone have any ideas on this one?? > > Jason > > > > > In php, use the variable $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA, it should have what > > you're looking for. > > $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is empty. www.faqts.com seems to have the answer to > why: > > > To do this you must set the content type in the request header to > > something PHP doesn't recognize. For example, "Content-Type: xyz". > > If php3 doesn't recognize the content type it will assign the > > posted data to: $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA which is then readily available > > in the script. > > Unfortunately I have no control of the Content-Type. Internet Explorer > sets it to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". That's the same as an > HTML Form Post (which of course it isn't). User-Agent is set to > "PostFavorites". _______________________________________________________ Site Design, Hosting, and E-Commerce at www.webpipe.net