Description:
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Hi,

I have two FreeBSD servers detailed as follows:

lassa:
FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE
php4-4.3.7_3
apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate-1.3.31+2.8.18+1.3.14.12+1.0.21_4

honk:
FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE
php4-4.3.6
apache+mod_ssl+mod_deflate-1.3.29+2.8.16+1.0.20_3

I am using a HTML form (enctype="multipart/form-data") to upload image files to each server.

On the server honk I am using the function isurlorfile to allow the user to type a URL instead of selecting a file in the <INPUT type="file"> box.

Selecting a file for upload works correctly in both cases.  C:\Pics\test.png yields the following the in $_FILES array:

honk & lassa:
$_FILES['pic']['name'] contains 'test.png'

However entering a URL only works on the server honk.  Entering the URL http://localhost/test.png into the <INPUT type="file"> box on the form yields the following results in the $_FILES array:

honk:
$_FILES['pic']['name'] contains 'http://localhost/test.png'

lassa:
$_FILES['pic']['name'] contains 'test.png'

Honk is our development server and we have written code relying on this undocumented feature.

Obviously the behavious exhibited on the server honk is usefull as a user can select a file or enter a URL to a file in the one input field.

Which of these is the expected behaviour?  Is there an expected behaviour and what behaviour would I expect from a more current version of PHP?  Could I request the behaviour exibited on the server honk be a documented feature?

Thanks,
Patrick Brennan

Reproduce code:
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function _isurlorfile(&$str) {
  if (is_uploaded_file($str['tmp_name']) && $str['size']) {
    return $str['tmp_name'];
  } elseif (ereg('^http|ftp', $str['name'])) {
    return $str['name'];
  } else {
    return 0;
  }
}