ID:               25175
 User updated by:  phpbug at paypc dot com
 Reported By:      phpbug at paypc dot com
 Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Output Control
 Operating System: Linux 2.4
 PHP Version:      4.3.2
 New Comment:

*ARGH* I hate "thinkoes" -- it should be obvious from context (and
perusing my phpconfig) that I've TURNED OFF enable_trans_sid, not
turned it on.

Upon re-reading my posting (naturally AFTER I'd hit submit), I noted
the think-o.

My apologies.  

=Apollyon=


Previous Comments:
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[2003-08-21 04:31:10] phpbug at paypc dot com

OK, let me put forth some declarations so we're talking apples and
apples.

My test method:

echo -e "GET /legal/tester.php HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 127.0.0.1\r\n" | nc
127.0.0.1 80 > dump

I wish to eliminate any possible "post-processing" or
browser-variations.

IE: "nc" is netcat, a commonly available network tool.

OK, onto the results of my tests.

I copied and pasted sniper's code *EXACTLY* as presented, with
whitespaces and line spacing as entered.  I obtained identical results
with both lynx and my netcat method, though lynx probably doesn't
support HTTP/1.1 because there was an additional header.

With Lynx Version 2.8.3rel.1:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:10:16 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.27 Ben-SSL/1.48
Connection-Type: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 4
Connection: close   <<<<<<<<<<<<< Additional header
Content-Type: text/html

With netcat:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:10:55 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.27 Ben-SSL/1.48
Connection-Type: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 4
Content-Type: text/html

In comparing the actual bytes sent over the wire against the advertised
content-length, the Content-Length header is correct.

If you wish to inspect my PHP build and setup configuration, you may do
so at: <http://hollywood.paypc.com/config4phpbugmasters>

(I will be removing this after 24 hours.)

And yes, it's pretty loaded.  And yes, trans_sid is enabled, but in all
of my test harnesses which employ sessions, I've enabled cookies - and
they are created/used by the browsers involved.

******* AHHHHHHAAAA *******

Arigatoo gozaimashita to Moriyoshi-san for cautioning me to turn on
trans_sid, because when I disable it in my global php.ini, the
discrepancy disappears!

For my "complex" web-application which formerly reported bad sizing, I
received the following header (after turning off trans_sid):

----------------------------
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:20:47 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.27 Ben-SSL/1.48
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=a1c8bfb3f409580e57206d7c19eac473; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Content-Length: 2825
Content-Type: text/html
--------------------------------

And doing a wc -c on the content-portion matches this size exactly
(with my netcat test).

Third-party validation via usage of
<http://www.ircache.net/cgi-bin/cacheability.py> confirms an exact
match of advertised Content-Length and what's actually received.

And lastly, and most importantly, the IE "hang" bug while accessing
this web application via an intranet is gone.

OK, fine, trans_sid broke it.  Why?  And should it have?  I'm
suspicious that the Esteemed Moriyoshi-san nailed this specific setting
in advance, as if to suspect it being a potential cause for buggage.

Inquiring minds want to know - if it's by design, please add it to the
documentation and FAQ.  I know alot of things about the ob_ functions
are unusual and cause some people hardship (of their own making).  This
one came out of left field.

=Apollyon=

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[2003-08-21 00:10:00] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=2989258979bd07405999448563ef4bfc; path=/

Perhaps you seem to have enabled session.use_trans_sid.
If so, first turn it off before trying the above script provided by
sniper.

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[2003-08-20 22:54:00] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

try this script:

<?php ob_start(); ?>
foo
<?php

header("Connection-Type: Keep-Alive");
header('Content-Length: ' . ob_get_length());
ob_end_flush();
echo ob_get_length();

?>

And access it with this command:

# lynx -head lynx -dump -head http://localhost/test.php

I get this (correct) output:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:52:44 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) PHP/4.3.3RC5-dev
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.3RC5-dev
Connection-Type: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 4
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html



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[2003-08-20 22:33:34] phpbug at paypc dot com

One last thing... this bug report isn't just a pedantic exercise.

When I have that defective Content-Length header in the headers, IE
5.00.3700.1000 SP4 under Windows 2000 Profession SP4 "hangs" for a few
seconds during a pageview when that header is present.  When I comment
out the Content-Length header invocation, this problem goes away.  NO
INTERVENINIG PROXIES ARE INVOLVED - as it's a local intranet without
even an intevening router in between the two machines.

I am to understand that HTTP pipelining and keep-alive support is
dramatically assisted by the presence of this header.  I would like to
make use of it.

I am going to sprinkle my preamble+postamble across a wider mixture of
PHP pages on my system (some with DB content and some without) to see
if I can find common modes of failure.

If any Zend/PHP devs can suggest a more surgical strike, I'd sincerely
appreciate it.

=Apollyon=

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[2003-08-20 20:45:00] phpbug at paypc dot com

Furthermore, when I removed the Keep-Alive header, nothing changes.

IN FACT, my preamble file is now:

header.inc:
------------------------------
<?php
$start_time=gettimeofday();
ob_start();
?>
------------------------------

footer.inc:
------------------------------
<?php
header('Content-Length: ' . ob_get_length());
ob_end_flush();
?>
---------------------------------

The headers output from a page:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:36:53 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.27 Ben-SSL/1.48
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=2989258979bd07405999448563ef4bfc; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Content-Length: 2809
Content-Type: text/html
------------------------------

The real content length is 2890 bytes.

I make use of the following PEAR libraries:

HTML_Quickform, ADODB session management, and Log (when enabled).  I
make use of mySQL and ctype() functions throughout my application.  I
utilise a "user-supplied session function"  for PHP to make use of
ADODB as opposed to using the built-in default session handler.

=Apollyon=

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