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What exactly is PATH_INFO in PHP?

all external URLs look like 'module/action?key1=param1'. No customization possible--but it's fast. The difference is that the first uses PHP's GET, and the second uses PATH_INFO. I've seen PATH_INFO several times, but still don't know what…
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Make PHP pathinfo() return the correct filename if the filename is UTF-8

When using PHP's pathinfo() function on a filename known to be UTF-8, it does not return the correct value, unless there are 'normal' characters in front of the special character. Examples: pathinfo('aä.pdf')returns: Array ( [dirname] => [the…
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Portable and safe way to get PATH_INFO

I'm seeking a portable way to receive the (handy) $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] variable. After reading a while, it turns out PATH_INFO is originated from CGI/1.1, and my not always be present in all configuration. What is the best (mostly security-wise)…
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PHP basename() and pathinfo() with Multibytes UTF-8 file names

I've found that PHP function basename(), as well as pathinfo() have a strange behaviour with multibyte utf-8 names. They remove all non-Latin characters until the first Latin character or punctuation sign. However, after that, subsequent non-Latin…
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pathinfo vs fnmatch

There was a small debate regarding the speed of fnmatch over pathinfo here : how to check if file is php? I wasn't totally convinced so decided to benchmark the two functions. Using dynamic and static paths showed that pathinfo was faster. Is my…
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What's the difference between /123 and /?123?

I've noticed that some sites (including the old http://careers.stackoverflow.com 1.0) have query strings that look like this: http://somewebapp.example/?123 as compared to: http://somewebapp.example/123 or http://somewebapp.example/id/123 What are…
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How reliable are URIs like /index.php/seo_path

I noticed, that sometimes (especially where mod_rewrite is not available) this path scheme is used: http://host/path/index.php/clean_url_here --------------------------^ This seems to work, at least in Apache, where index.php is called, and one can…
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How to get IIS6 to recognize pathinfo routes instead of returning "404 Undescribed" error?

I am developing a RESTful web application in PHP. What I have got is: on the test server, Windows 7 / Apache 2.2 / PHP 5.2.9 (mod_php) on the production server, Windows Server 2003 / IIS6 / PHP 5.2.4 (php5isapi.dll) While the test environment has…
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php $SERVER['PATH_INFO'] and apache mod_rewrite

Here I have .htaccess file with: Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule .* index.php [QSA,L] And rewriting works but there is no path_info in my…
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PHP get image extension from url?

Image url like below. $url = https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4T303dPCnp0ZnkzQjSIjeB7k8L_DiQglhUgNqXM-OkeLQXoNwwFnzM1MoFjJGw7DGI=w300 How to get extension from this url. I m using pathinfo to get extension but it's not work $ext =…
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Traefik(+Docker) path settings for root and subfolders dispatch

With making reverse proxy on Docker and Traefik, I want to dispatch several paths on the same host into two different backend servers like these, 1. traefik.test/ -> app1/ 2. traefik.test/post/blabla -> app1/post/blabla 3.…
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PHP - Using pathinfo variables makes relative paths not to work

I am hoping to achieve some kind of cms on my own. I see i can catch Apache enviromental variables, known as PATH_INFO, so this way i can make dynamic sections on my site (just like joomla does). for…
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PHP pathinfo gets fooled by url in query string, any workaround?

I am working on a small function to take in a url and return a relative path based on where it resides itself. If the url contains a path in the query string, pathinfo returns incorrect results. This is demonstrated by the code below: $p =…
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Problem using unicode in URLs with cgi.PATH_INFO in ColdFusion

My ColdFusion (MX7 on IIS 6) site has search functionality which appends the search term to the URL e.g. http://www.example.com/search.cfm/searchterm. The problem I'm running into is this is a multilingual site, so the search term may be in another…
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How can a URL like http://localhost/index.php/articles/edit/1/my-first-article work without an .htaccess?

I don't get this: http://localhost/index.php/articles/edit/1/my-first-article This URL is mentioned as an example in the Kohana framework documentation. I poked around in the files of my installation, and there is no .htaccess besides my own one…
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