Bug #12426: Critical PHP bug while processing big POST data (>10K)

From: dk@dklab.ru Operating system: RedHat Linux 7.0 2.2.16-22smp PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: Critical PHP bug while processing big POST data (>10K) I have configured PHP4 to process POST data less than 8000000 (phpinfo() reports that, see below). When I use the following script and enter a large block of text in the form, PHP4 cuts it off. Please test http://www.dklab.ru/test.php (with phpinfo() call, form at the bottom of the file) http://dklab.ru/content.txt (the file I am inserting - please test it) Here is the script: <? show_source("test.php"); echo @$text; ?> <form action=test.php method=post> <textarea cols=60 rows=10 name=text wrap=virtual> <?$f=fopen("content.txt","r"); echo fread($f,100000)?> </textarea><br> <input type=submit name=go value="Go!"> </form> I have encountered that use of multipart/form-data forms solves this problem, but usual POST forms does not work correctly. PHP3 also work correct with such forms. -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=12426&edit=1