404 Page Not Found error--Win2k/IIS

pmosinsk

Hi,
Running Win2K + IIS and PHP 4.3.1

Here's my script, called test2.php, very basic form script:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<?php

print "my Sample php page";

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['Submit']) {
print "thanks for submitting the form. here are the variables:<br>\n";
print "Name: $HTTP_POST_VARS['name']<br>\n";
print "Name: $HTTP_POST_VARS['address1']<br>\n";
print "Name: $HTTP_POST_VARS['address2']<br>\n";
print "Name: $HTTP_POST_VARS['city']<br>\n";
} else {
?>
<FORM ACTION="test2.php" METHOD=POST name="mailinglist">
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=name VALUE="Name" SIZE=30>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=address1 VALUE="Address1" SIZE=30>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=address2 VALUE="Address2" SIZE=30>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=city VALUE="City" SIZE=15>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=state VALUE="State" SIZE=5>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=zip VALUE="Zip" SIZE=7></P>
<P>
<INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME="add_to_mailing_list" VALUE=yes CHECKED>
Check the box to be added to our mailing list.</P>
<CENTER>
<INPUT TYPE=submit NAME=Submit VALUE="Submit" align=center>
</CENTER>
</FORM>
<?php
}
?>
</body>

</html>

When I submit this script (which is sending the data to itself), I get a "404 Page Not Found" error. How should I begin troubleshooting this?

Thanks,
Pete

gtibok

try this

<form action="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method ....

stolzyboy

hey pmosinsk, i have been helping you on this in the general section, if someone else knows the answer, they will certainly help you, no need to double post

pmosinsk

Ok folks,

Figured it out, had NOTHING to do with PHP, the PHP.ini config, or the Windows permissions; I ran into the same problem trying to post to a Perl script. All my permissions were set correctly, the php.ini was configured correctly. I tried it with GET instead, and the script worked fine.

So here's the info:

Page 404 File Not Found Error When Using POST method in PHP (and Perl, and otherwise)

This is related to the Microsoft URLScan utility. If you have this problem, the IIS administrator has probably run the IIS Lockdown tool as well as configured URLScan to reject this type of HTTP method when sent in a URL. These tools are meant to enhance web server security

URLScan configuration files can be found in the \WINNT\system32\inetsrv\urlscan folder on the web server. Specifically, the file to modify is urlscan.ini.

The changes to make are as follows:
1. Make sure UseAllowVerbs=1 under [options]
2. Under the [AllowVerbs] section, list your allowed HTTP methods to include:
a. GET
b. POST

For more information on the IIS Lockdown tool , visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/tools/tools/locktool.asp

For more information on URLScan, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/tools/tools/urlscan.asp