Description:
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POST variables don't get set if get called from a page that includes http:// in the action but GET works fine.

Apache/1.3.20 Sun Cobalt (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6b PHP/4.3.6 mod_auth_pam_external/0.1 FrontPage/4.0.4.3 mod_perl/1.25 


using recommended ini file.

'./configure' '--prefix=/usr' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd' '--with-exec-dir=/usr/bin' '--with-zlib' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--with-ttf' '--with-db' '--with-gdbm' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-wddx=shared' '--enable-xml' '--enable-ftp' '--disable-debug' '--with-libdir=/usr/lib' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--with-pdflib=shared' '--enable-inline-optimization' '--with-openssl' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-sockets' 


Reproduce code:
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<FORM ACTION="" METHOD="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="transId" VALUE="" SIZE="10">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

<FORM ACTION="/index.php" METHOD="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="transId" VALUE="" SIZE="10">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

<FORM ACTION="http://www.domain.com/index.php" METHOD="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="transId" VALUE="" SIZE="10">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

The third example does not work.

Expected result:
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Array
(
    [HTTP_POST_VARS] => Array
        (
            [transId] => 1
            [submit] => Submit
        )

    [_POST] => Array
        (
            [transId] => 1
            [submit] => Submit
        )

...


Actual result:
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Array
(
    [HTTP_POST_VARS] => Array ( )

    [_POST] => Array ( )

...