Re: _POST not working (using mini_httpd) - 2 attachments

ceo@l-i-e.com (Richard Lynch) wrote in news:2413.66.99.91.45.1109711656.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com: > overbored wrote: >> Hi all, I'm learning PHP and I'd need to create a simple Web-based >> ifconfig >> tool for a Soekris box (running Pebble). However, I've been >> unsuccessful at >> getting PHP working with mini_httpd. In particular, the POST data is >> not being received. Here's what I did... >> >> First, I applied (only) the SCRIPT_FILENAME and index.php >> modifications to mini_httpd.c, as suggested in: >> >> >> http://m0n0.ch/wall/list/?action=show_msg&actionargs[]=15&actionargs[] >> =11 >> >> Then I built & installed this on a (regular) Debian box, which had >> php4 installed from apt. (This doesn't seem related, but for some >> reason, when I >> start up, I get a warning: "socket: Address family not supported by >> protocol".) > > This is probably about IP6 -- at least if it's durring boot-up. > What are the lines immediately before/after that? > If they say anything about IP6, you're almost for sure okay. > That just means some software isn't ready for IP6 and some is -- Which > is pretty much the current state of the industry. There are no lines before/after that; it's the only output I see. >> Next, I created some simple PHP files, and I found that POST data >> isn't getting through at all. Googling didn't really turn up much, >> and I know this is possible because the m0n0wall project does just >> this (download their rootfs and look at the PHP files under >> /usr/local/www). Basically, _POST/_GET/_REQUEST never exist, and it >> seems the only way I can >> get the data is with GET and parsing the HTTP_ENV_VARS. > > If it's older PHP, try $HTTP_POST_VARS and $HTTP_GET_VARS and so on. I have PHP 4.3.10-2. If you see test.php, I did have a test for $HTTP_POST_VARS in there. I just added a similar test for $HTTP_GET_VARS, and it also prints nothing. > Other than that, I'd have to say double-check the settings of > mini_httpd -- and try a mini_httpd mailing list. > > PHP doesn't really *do* a whole lot with the GET/POST data from the > server. > > It's kinda just "there" or "not there" for PHP to work with... > > Not saying PHP isn't maybe looking in the "wrong" place for where > mini_httpd wants to send it, but I think that's all spelled out in the > CGI standard. > > Yes, the PHP Module and all other Modules conform to the CGI standard > -- that's how they work. > > It's just that CGI got appropriated over time to mean something other > whan what it actually meant originally, and, well, there it is. > > PS Don't send attachments. Put 'em on-line and send URLs. Sorry. I was actually told to do the opposite once, when I provided URLs.