[Phpgroupware-developers] getenv()

[C K Wu]

Hello, Folks,

The problem with login page returning with cd=5 highlights
the problem with getenv() as reported in PHP bug: #17662,
[http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17662].  Other developers
may like to search their codes to see if getenv() is a hidden
problem.  However, a newer version of PHP may have
already solved the problem.

Cheers,
CK


C K Wu wrote:

> Hello, Barry,
>
> I have the same problem when attempting to install phpGroupWare-0.9.14

> on a RedHat 8.0 machine.  I am able to trace the culprit down to line
> 159 of
> [phpgw-dir]/login.php.  The line reads,
>
> if (getenv(REQUEST_METHOD) != 'POST' && !isset($PHP_AUTH_USER) &&
> !isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SSL_CLIENT_S_DN']))
>
> Apparently, the problem was caused by getenv(REQUEST_METHOD).  This
> had been reported as PHP bug: #17662
> (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17662).
>
> I managed to work around the problem by changing,
>
> getenv(REQUEST_METHOD)    =>    $_SERVER[REQUEST_METHOD]
>
> After the change, everything went back to normal.  However, I had
> only tested general operations of (phpgwapi + ck-ledger).  There
> may yet be other phpgw modules, which are affected by the getenv()
> problem.  Btw, register_globals is set to off by default, and my
> config is,
>
> RedHat8.0, php4.2.2, Apache(httpd-2.0.40)
>
> The other problem of the hole in your wall.  Too bad, unsolvable.
>
> Cheers,
> CK