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Doc Bug #75009 http_response_code() error code support depends on SAPI
Submitted: 2017-07-31 07:17 UTC Modified: 2017-07-31 15:37 UTC
From: czirkos dot zoltan at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Verified Package: Apache2 related
PHP Version: 7.0.21 OS: Linux 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubunt
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-07-31 07:17 UTC] czirkos dot zoltan at gmail dot com 
Description:
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The http_response_code() function fails for a nonstandard error code (eg. 210). 500 Internal Server Error is emitted instead.

This only happens with the apache2handler SAPI; eg. Nginx+FPM works fine.


Test script:
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http_response_code(210);
echo "hello";


Expected result:
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Proper error code sent via the server.

Please not that documenting the list of error codes (in the documentation at http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-response-code.php) is not really a solution, as custom error codes can be defined.

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 [2017-07-31 14:42 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2017-07-31 14:42 UTC] requinix@php.net 
http_response_code() depends on the SAPI (Apache or FPM+nginx) supporting the code. nginx doesn't mind a custom 210 but Apache does and it (not PHP) substitutes a 500 instead [1].

If you want a custom status then use header(), which Apache handles differently than if you just give the code.

header("HTTP/1.1 210 Whatever That Code Means");


[1] They support 200 OK through 208 Already Reported. Anything 2xx above that will be rejected. See their modules/http/http_protocol.c for more.
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/modules/http/http_protocol.c?revision=1799890
 [2017-07-31 15:00 UTC] czirkos dot zoltan at gmail dot com 
Thank you for the clarification. It might be a good idea to mention this in the documentation; something like "Available response codes depend on the server software used". There's a comment about that (http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-response-code.php#116880), but this is more important than that.
 [2017-07-31 15:37 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Summary: http_response_code() fails on nonstandard error code +Summary: http_response_code() error code support depends on SAPI -Status: Not a bug +Status: Verified -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2017-07-31 15:37 UTC] requinix@php.net 
#116880 is partially correct in that PHP does use that list, but it's only for php-fpm, the built-in dev server, and when running as regular CGI (as far as I can see).

A note along the lines of
  http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-response-code.php#114996
that support depends on the SAPI and how to use header() as a workaround for non-standard codes would be a good idea.
 
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