html_errors off text-only output in phpinfo

Bug #21007

Submitted:

2002-12-14 05:28 UTC

Modified:

2003-03-30 08:15 UTC

Votes:	4
Avg. Score:	4.0 ± 1.7
Reproduced:	4 of 4 (100.0%)
Same Version:	4 (100.0%)
Same OS:	3 (75.0%)

From:

holliwell at gmx dot net

Assigned:

helly (profile)

Status:

Closed

Package:

PHP options/info functions

PHP Version:

4.3.0

OS:

all

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

[2002-12-14 05:28 UTC] holliwell at gmx dot net

Hi,
tested with the cgi-Version, also with the Apache-module with Apache 1.3.27. Setting html_errors off or this little skript:

<?php
ini_set("html_errors","on");
phpinfo();
?>

causes phpinfo() output text-only.

Regards
Friedhelm Betz

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[2002-12-14 06:16 UTC] holliwell at gmx dot net

Sorry a misleading typo, but the script should be:
<?php
ini_set("html_errors","off");
phpinfo();
?>
or php.ini html_errors=off

Is it intended behaviour with this settings that phpinfo() produces text-only output no html-formated output?

Sorry if my first post wasn't clear enough.
BTW, I wasn'able to find anything in the docs, that setting html_errors off causes phpinfo() to display text-only output.

Regards
Friedhelm Betz

[2002-12-14 06:19 UTC] derick@php.net

It's indeed intended like this (and I already forgave your typo :).

Derick

[2002-12-14 06:31 UTC] holliwell at gmx dot net

If this is intended behaviour, this seems to be a doc problem, since I can't find anything about in the docs.

Regards
Friedhelm Betz

[2002-12-14 13:39 UTC] davidbulock at tech-center dot com

I've submitted a note to document this behavior in the PHP Manual.

[2002-12-14 15:17 UTC] philip@php.net

Where?  Put the information in this bug report.

[2002-12-29 23:56 UTC] philip@php.net

Please explain why this is intended behavior, it does not make sense to me.  html_errors is for html_errors, it's documented as such in php.ini:

; Disable the inclusion of HTML tags in error messages.
;html_errors = Off

This says nothing about phpinfo() and IMHO it shouldn't affect it at all.  The patch that resulted in this change is here:

* add phpinfo() support for CLI.
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php4/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.193&r2=1.194

Why is html_errors being used in this way?  When html_errors = off, errors remain readable when viewing in a browser but this textual version of phpinfo() == complete fubar in the browser (yes, one can use <pre>).  One might turn html_errors off, for example, to use error_prepend_string/error_append_string in some way.  Or they just don't want html in the errors... I don't see how this has anything to do with phpinfo() output.  Why doesn't that patch instead check if sapi = cli? 

A person shouldn't be forced to have this textual phpinfo() if they decide to not include html in php generated errors.  Please explain.  phpinfo() is not an error! :)

[2003-01-04 10:02 UTC] axel_kollmorgen at hotmail dot com

having "html_errors" "off" causing phpinfo() outputting text-only doesn't make any sense to me, neither. i completely support philip@php.net: phpinfo() is not an error, so it shouldn't depend on "html_errors".

[2003-03-30 08:15 UTC] helly@php.net

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