Ugh! Just had the "duh!" moment. It was my CGI script's fault all along.To get the POST/GET parameters, I was only parsing the QUERY_STRING environment variable if CONTENT_LENGTH was non-null, whereas I should have been parsing it if CONTENT_LENGTH was non-null *and* non-zero.
I didn't immediately connect that to the "Content-Length: 0" header (though it obviously is the same thing), because I knew my CGI script wasn't parsing the headers, Apache was. But of course Apache just converts that header to the CONTENT_LENGTH environment variable . . .
Thanks for reading anyway, Ben Ben Hoyt wrote:
Hi all,I've got a problem with a "Content-Length: 0" header in GET requests. I discovered it because some requests from newish mobile phone browsers weren't working. Anyway, I captured the headers these phones were sending in the GET request, and narrowed it down to them having a "Content-Length: 0" header line.If the request has that "Content-Length: 0" header line (these mobiles send it), Apache sends the wrong page---it always sends the home page of the site. If the request doesn't have the Content-Length line (most other browsers), Apache works fine---i.e., sends the correct page.So this works (try it with "telnet harvest.com 80"): GET /he HTTP/1.0 but this doesn't (i.e., returns the site's main page instead of /he): GET /he HTTP/1.0 Content-Length: 0(And it's not a HTTP 1.0 vs 1.1 issue---if I add a "Host: harvest.com" line and change the GET to "GET /he HTTP/1.1" it still has the same "Content-Length: 0" problem.)It seems like an Apache or Apache config issue, because I don't think there's a problem including that "Content-Length: 0" header in the GET request ... though I could be missing something obvious.Any pointers or info would be much appreciated. I'm using Apache 2.0.47 under Win32 (WinXP SP2).Thanks heaps, Ben.
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