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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/16/07 18:20
Tom Harrington wrote:
> In article <f8-dnRyk2eoXRtTbnZ2dnUVZ_vninZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Tom Harrington wrote:
>>> My web host updated yesterday from PHP 5.1.1 to 5.2.2, and one of my
>>> scripts immediately broke, although the 5.2.2 release notes don't seem
>>> to indicate I should have a problem.
>>>
>>> The script relied on having $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA set. Starting yesterday
>>> it's always an empty string.
>>>
>>> I guessed that my web host had changed the setting of the
>>> always_populate_raw_post_data flag. However they assure me that their
>>> php.ini did not change with the update.
>>>
>>> What would have caused this change? I've been using the script for
>>> months without trouble, so having it die on the same day as the 5.2.2
>>> update doesn't seem like it could be a coincidence.
>>>
>>> I've worked around the problem by using
>>> file_get_contents("php://input"), but I'd really like to understand why
>>> my script suddenly broke with this udpate.
>>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Perhaps the upgrade replaced their php.ini file. What does phpinfo()
>> show for "always_populate_raw_post_data"?
>
> phpinfo() shows that it's off.
>
> However the php.ini file on the server was last edited in May 2006,
> which has me wondering if this is some kind of undocumented change from
> 5.1.1 to 5.2.2. If it was off before yesterday then $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA
> shouldn't have ever worked for me.
>
> The docs for always_populate_raw_post_data say that it defaults to
> "off", and php.ini isn't turning it on. Maybe it was accidentally
> defaulting to "on" in 5.1.1 and 5.2.2 fixed this? Still there's nothing
> in the changelogs to indicate this.
>
I don't think so, but it's been a while since I was on 5.1.x. However,
I seem to remember it defaulting to off way back into the 4.x range.
You can't always go by the date, however. That may be the date of the
default php.ini file which came with 5.2.2. You'd have to check it for
sure.
Or it could be they copied another php.ini file dated May, 2006 on top
of the one they had there. Or maybe they had php compiled to use a
different php.ini file and now this one is being used.
Or a hundred other maybes.
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