Bug #71717 [Opn]: advanced search broken

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71717&edit=1 ID: 71717 User updated by: teo8976 at gmail dot com Reported by: teo8976 at gmail dot com Summary: advanced search broken Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Website problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: > Also, search works fine if you choose all Top-level categories in "Return bugs > for these packages" while it's basically the same as selecting all the items. Yeah, except that's a big pain in the a** having to select all of them one by one manually. It's ridiculous. > The bug is still there but It doesn't seem to bother anyone. On what do you base that? On the number of complaints you [don't] receive? Who definitely seem to not be bothered is the developers/maintainers of the website. Come on, this is ridiculous. Switching to a POST form would be trivial! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-04-27 13:47:42] nataliepeyton332 at gmail dot com The bug is still there but It doesn't seem to bother anyone. Also, search works fine if you choose all Top-level categories in "Return bugs for these packages" while it's basically the same as selecting all the items. https://www.mavenecommerce.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-05 16:48:46] teo8976 at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71717&edit=1