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Doc Bug #64846 Documentation says parse_url doesn't work with relative urls but it does
Submitted: 2013-05-15 18:42 UTC Modified: 2017-05-29 14:05 UTC
From: alias dot mac at gmail dot com Assigned: peehaa (profile)
Status: Closed Package: *URL Functions
PHP Version: 5.3.25 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-05-15 18:42 UTC] alias dot mac at gmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.parse-url#refsect1-function.parse-
url-notes
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It has on the notes:
"This function doesn't work with relative URLs."

But with my test script looks like it is working just fine:

$ php --version
PHP 5.3.20 (cli) (built: Jan 21 2013 15:03:13)
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.2.1, Copyright (c) 2002-2012, by Derick Rethans


Test script:
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<?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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 [2013-07-24 10:29 UTC] peehaa@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: peehaa
 [2013-07-24 10:29 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2017-05-28 19:27 UTC] osmanov@php.net 
The note is still there.
 [2017-05-28 20:25 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Re-Opened -Package: Documentation problem +Package: *URL Functions
 [2017-05-29 13:22 UTC] peehaa@php.net
-Assigned To: peehaa +Assigned To:
 [2017-05-29 13:22 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
I did make the change in 2013 https://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=331013.

But people started shouting at me that it was *not* officially supported and my change was wrong. Hence I reverted.

So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, if somebody else wants to make this change and/or close this bug report feel free to go for it :-)
 [2017-05-29 13:30 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
http://news.php.net/php.doc.cvs/11573
 [2017-05-29 14:05 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Re-Opened +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: peehaa
 [2017-05-29 14:05 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Sounds like there was a good reason, then. So in practice relative URLs tend to work but some forms will be able to fool the parser.
 
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