$PHP_SELF bug?

Anon

Hmmm.... if you access a directory without actually specifying the default document (such as index.php) $PHP_SELF is set to "". This was found on Windows NT4 SP6a running IIS4 and PHP 4.0.6. Example:

I try to access http://www.mydomain.com/php/ which contains index.php. Entering the URL above, $PHP_SELF is set to blank. However, if I specify the default document when entering the URL (http://www.mydomain.com/php/index.php) $PHP_SELF is set to "index.php".

Is this a bug or have I missed something?

//Henrik

Anon

Might be IIS. I tried on NT-Apache, and it echoed it OK.

Anon

cut and paste the code you used to show the $php_self

flipis

here it goes...

<?
echo $PHP_SELF;
?>

and that program should echo the $PHP_SELF variable. I can't understand why that happens to you. I have IIS with PHP also on an NT machine, and that worked perfectly.

Check out the php.ini file. If your version is older than 4.0.3, then you must change the track_vars directive to on to be able to use these variables.

You can know your PHP version just by making a script with one line like this:

<?
phpinfo();
?>

And it will show ALL of the information about your php version.

Hope it helps

fLIPIS

Anon

Could well be an IIS bug. I am running 4.0.6 and the variable is set if I do enter the entire URL so its not a case of the variable not being "activated". If anyone has successfully reproduced this bug on an NT4 SP6a box running IIS4 & PHP 4.0.6, please let me know.

I used the following code to reproduce the bug:

=================
<?php
echo $PHP_SELF;

?>

Anon

Hmm I just tested it again and now it works.. this doesnt make any sense whatsoever to me. I tried it several times before I posted to verify that I had not made any mistakes.. oh well, guess I must of been tired. Sorry for wasting your time.