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Bug #18942 $PHP_SELF is set to HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PATH_INFO] if available
Submitted: 2002-08-16 13:39 UTC Modified: 2002-12-03 01:33 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: six at aegis-corp dot org Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Other web server
PHP Version: 4.2.2 OS: Debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-08-16 13:39 UTC] six at aegis-corp dot org 
With the CGI version of PHP, $PHP_SELF is always set to the value of HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PATH_INFO] if it is available.

But the PATH_INFO server var does not at all designate the running script, which is by the SCRIPT_NAME var.

This causes scripts using path_info (URLs like http://www.example.com/script/arg1/arg2/argX) to fail when using self refering links on a server using the CGI version on PHP.

This bus does not exists with the apache module.

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 [2002-08-16 13:48 UTC] six at aegis-corp dot org 
I checked and this bug revives #14307 which died some time ago unfixed.

The code in question is in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c :

    SG(request_info).request_uri = getenv("PATH_INFO");
    if (!SG(request_info).request_uri) {
        SG(request_info).request_uri = getenv("SCRIPT_NAME");
    }

Should be more like :

    SG(request_info).request_uri = getenv("SCRIPT_NAME");
    strcat(SG(request_info).request_uri, getenv("PATH_INFO"));
 [2002-08-16 15:44 UTC] kalowsky@php.net 
Okay can we have a sample script just to ensure that we may or may not have fixed your issue?
 [2002-08-16 15:56 UTC] six at aegis-corp dot org 
There is a very fast way of testing, create a script called phpinfo.php with juste <?phpinfo()?> in it.

Then call it like http://yourserver.com/phpinfo.php/this/is/a/test

if the two images (zend and php logos) are broken, then $PHP_SELF is not set as it should be.

again, this problem only happens with the CGI sapi
 [2002-08-17 00:58 UTC] kalowsky@php.net 
I believe this is a documented issue, and won't be fixed.
 [2002-08-17 09:41 UTC] six at aegis-corp dot org 
I believe it should be fixed ... Or at least the apache SAPI should be modified too.

With the current code, PATH_INFO has different meanings (and values) in the Apache and CGI SAPIs, not good at all for applications portability IMHO.
 [2002-08-17 10:01 UTC] kalowsky@php.net 
The manual states why this shouldn't used, and the fact that it's populated at all is interesting.
 [2002-12-03 01:33 UTC] shane@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

It's fixed in cvs as of today.
 
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