Built-in server assumes path with dot is a file
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Description
Issue is exactly same as https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74061 and same steps to reproduce.
Description
If the path contains a dot, built-in server assumes it's a file and tries to serve it. Try the test script with the following URLs. Last one will return 404 response but should route to index.php.
$ curl http://localhost:8000/
$ curl http://localhost:8000/O_o
$ curl http://localhost:8000/O.o
Test script:
<?php
echo "hello, world\n";
Expected result:
hello, world
Actual result:
<!doctype html><html><head><title>404 Not Found</title><style>
body { background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; margin: 0; padding:0; }
h1 { font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: normal; background-color: #9999cc; min-height:2em; line-height:2em; border-bottom: 1px inset black; margin: 0; }
h1, p { padding-left: 10px; }
code.url { background-color: #eeeeee; font-family:monospace; padding:0 2px;}
</style>
</head><body><h1>Not Found</h1><p>The requested resource <code class="url">/ba.z</code> was not found on this server.</p></body></html>
PHP Version
PHP 8.2.2
Operating System
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the behavior with the documented curl URLs and then trace the built-in server's request-path handling; the issue does not name an implementation file or test. Done means a nonexistent path containing a dot routes to index.php instead of returning the built-in server's 404 response.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100