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Doc Bug #20453 $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] not set on 404 redirect
Submitted: 2002-11-15 18:20 UTC Modified: 2003-01-19 15:50 UTC
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From: clewis at myfonts dot com Assigned: philip (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: RedHat 7.3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-15 18:20 UTC] clewis at myfonts dot com 
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] is empty in our 404-handling script, which is displayed when the user's URL is not found.  The query string appears correctly in REQUEST_URI, so the data is there, it's just not getting into the QUERY_STRING var.

Here are some dumps of the $_SERVER array, for an existing script, and a bad URL that displays the 404 script:

(user: bugzilla; Pass: bugzz)

http://clewis.myfonts.com/exists.php?stuff=things
http://clewis.myfonts.com/notexist.php?stuff=things


Using Apache 1.3.26, PHP 4.2.3, configured with
'./configure' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--with-apache=../apache' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--with-curl' '--with-gd' '--with-mcrypt' '--with-pspell' '--enable-apc' '--with-zlib'

-Chris

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 [2002-11-16 01:51 UTC] sniper@php.net 
This is how Apache behaves. It doesn't set QUERY_STRING when
page is not found as it's redirected.

You can test this with putting phpinfo() into your 404 script. Search for "REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING" in the "Apache Environment" section..

(it's also in _SERVER var)
 [2002-11-18 01:18 UTC] philip@php.net 
Am working on this.  There are several REDIRECT_* predefined vars to use.

See also: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/custom-error.html
 [2003-01-19 15:50 UTC] philip@php.net 
This is actually part of an open phpdoc feature request made here:

http://bugs.php.net/7741

Not every single possible predefined variable is documented, that's quite a job.  When/if it does happen, this information will exist within it :)
 
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