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Bug #43411 parse_url with relative URLs contained http:// in parameters
Submitted: 2007-11-26 12:34 UTC Modified: 2007-11-26 12:49 UTC
From: php at koterov dot ru Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: URL related
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-11-26 12:34 UTC] php at koterov dot ru 
Description:
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When I pass a relative URL to parse_url and it contains something like "http://xxx" in QUERY_STRING parameters, parse_url reports that the URL is broken.

So it is not always safe to call 
parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])

I think the solution should be: if an URL is relative (started with '/'), do not report a warning when its arguments contain ":".

Possibly you will say "won't fix" and "URL is not RFC-complaint", but this argument is not relevant when I call parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) (it may be hand-made and non-RFC complaint).

Reproduce code:
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print_r(parse_url('/test/?retpath=http://xxx'));

Expected result:
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ok

Actual result:
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Warning: parse_url(/test/?retpath=http://xxx): Unable to parse URL

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 [2007-11-26 12:49 UTC] jani@php.net 
There is quite clear note in manual for parse_url(): "Note: This function doesn't work with relative URLs."
 [2013-05-15 18:45 UTC] alias dot mac at gmail dot com 
Jani,

It is working on 5.3.20.
Example:

<?php

$x = 'http://example.com/path/to/somewhere?
param1=x&param2=http://another.example.com/path/to/another/example/';

var_dump(parse_url($x));

$y = '/path/to/somewhere?
param1=x&param2=http://another.example.com/path/to/another/example/';

var_dump(parse_url($y));
 
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