On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Larry <lrrrgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Larry <lrrrgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Larry <lrrrgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Daniel P. Brown
>>>>> <daniel.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:30, Larry <lrrrgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello, when I pass a variable whose value originally came from $_GET
>>>>>>> or $_REQUEST to fwrite, fwrite behaves as if it was passed an empty
>>>>>>> string. Note that the file is successfully opened and written to by
>>>>>>> the script, but the variable that originally came from $_GET does not
>>>>>>> have its value interpolated in the text file, even though it does get
>>>>>>> interpolated in the echo().
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---- Code ----
>>>>>>> <?
>>>>>>> $meh = $_GET["q"];
>>>>>>> $writeline = ":" . $meh . ":" . strlen($meh) . PHP_EOL;
>>>>>>> echo ( $writeline );
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $fp = fopen("/tmp/wtf.log","w+");
>>>>>>> fwrite($fp, $writeline );
>>>>>>> fclose($fp);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> var_dump($writeline);
>>>>>>> ?>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure it's not a permissions-based issue, perhaps when
>>>>>> writing as the normal user, then the user as which the web server
>>>>>> runs, et cetera? What happens if you completely remove /tmp/wtf.log
>>>>>> and re-run your script with the appended query string?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have removed the wtf.log file between runs, just did it once more.
>>>>> Same thing happens. A new file is created, and the contents are "::0"
>>>>>
>>>>> So I'm sure its not a permissions issue ( However I'm also sure that
>>>>> this shouldn't be happening so... ) Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> The code is working fine here, of course, it should. Is it really
>>>> because of the $_GET?, have you tried setting $q = "meh123";?
>>>> Also, try using file_put_contents('/tmp/wtf.log', $writeline); instead.
>>>>
>>>> - Matijn
>>>
>>> Yes I have tried to set a variable explicitly with a string, and that
>>> variable does end up interpolated into the file. I just tried using
>>> file_put_contents with the same result.
>>>
>>> Here is a modified version, showing another variable that does work,
>>> and file_put_contents():
>>>
>>> <?
>>> $meh = $_GET["q"];
>>> $good = "Yay I go in the File" . PHP_EOL;
>>> $writeline = ":" . $meh . ":" . strlen($meh) . ":" . $good;
>>> echo ( $writeline );
>>> file_put_contents("/tmp/wtf.log", $writeline );
>>> var_dump($writeline);
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Here the response/stdout:
>>> :meh123:6:Yay I go in the File string(31) ":meh123:6:Yay I go in the File "
>>>
>>> But the file is the same:
>>> root@prime:/tmp# rm wtf.log
>>> root@prime:/tmp# ls wtf.log
>>> ls: cannot access wtf.log: No such file or directory
>>> [ I make the request ]
>>> root@prime:/tmp# cat wtf.log
>>> ::0:Yay I go in the File
>>
>> Have you checked apache log files for any warnings/errors?
>> How about writing $_GET['q'] directly? eg.
>> file_put_contents('/tmp/wtf.log', $_GET['q']);?
>
> Yes I tried using $_GET['q'] directly to no avail. However, you found
> a clue! apache error.log is giving this:
> PHP Notice: Undefined index: q in /var/www/test/search.php on line 2
>
> Strange b/c I am obtaining and using that value successfully in echo()!
Well.. That seems pretty buggy, I guess it's a bug in PHP. Try
changing q in something else, and maybe you want to submit a bug
report to PHP?
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