Bug #71717 [NEW]: advanced search broken

From: teo8976 at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Website problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:advanced search broken Description: ------------ The advanced search page at https://bugs.php.net/search.php is a method=GET form, yet it can generate a very large URI, causing a server error "URI Too Large". It is inadmissible that normal use of the UI can generate a request that the same server offering the UI cannot handle. Test script: --------------- 1. Go to https://bugs.php.net/search.php 2. In the "Return bugs from these packages" multi select, select all the items 3. Enter some keywords in the first text input field 4. hit "Search" Expected result: ---------------- Should get the search results Actual result: -------------- You get a server error: > Request-URI Too Large > The requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server. Suggestions: Either use a method=POST form, or encode the search parameters in a more efficient way. Ah, and more importantly, test your website. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71717&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71717&r=mysqlcfg