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Doc Bug #43087 Install documentation for Apache is insecure
Submitted: 2007-10-23 16:56 UTC Modified: 2010-01-07 11:31 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:1 (50.0%)
From: henke at henke37 dot cjb dot net Assigned: rbowen (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-10-23 16:56 UTC] henke at henke37 dot cjb dot net 
Description:
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The documentation on how to hook php in the apache httpd config is a piece of shit. Both as cgi and as module.
It pollutes the document root, it pollutes the mime types and is insecure.
Please delete the whole page(php.net/install.windows.apache2) and replace with a sane configuration.


Reproduce code:
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Urls that explains why the documentation is totally insane.
http://www.devside.net/articles/php
http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PHPOnWindows

Expected result:
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A nice easy to use config example that has a high quality and does not abuse features.

Actual result:
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An hard to use config that is hard to maintain and uses several hacks just to get it kinda working.

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 [2007-11-12 18:33 UTC] sean@php.net 
Please keep in mind that (at least to my knowledge) absolutely NONE of the Documentation Team members actually get paid to work on the manual. We do it in our spare time, and often at the expense of other things in our often-busy lives.

You do have a point that the apache documentation is old and crusty, but a little tact goes a long way* when it comes to bug reporting.

(* not as long as an actual patch to fix the problem, though)

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 [2009-11-23 21:07 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Rich, could you look into it?
 [2009-11-30 11:25 UTC] rbowen at rcbowen dot com 
Yeah, thanks. I'll try to get this done in the next two weeks. Thanks.
 [2009-12-14 01:03 UTC] rbowen at rcbowen dot com 
The PHP/Apache 2.x document has been rewritten in revision 292101. A 
similar overhaul of the 1.3 documentation is in the works. Please review 
and let me know what you think.
 [2009-12-14 12:57 UTC] bjori@php.net 
See http://docs.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.apache2.php for updated page.
 [2010-01-07 11:31 UTC] kalle@php.net 
OP is from 2007, not very likely that we will get any more replies here. Lets consider it as closed, we can always re-open it if needed.
 
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