Does not work with google.com about php-proxy HOT 2 CLOSED

On 2/6/2015 8:29 PM, turmune wrote:

It load up the the http://www.google.com front page fine but when I
type anything into the search bar it gives:

"405. That’s an error.
The request method POST is inappropriate for the URL /search. That’s
all we know."

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#7.

The bug is apparently that the script converts GET request forms into
POST. So for example if you go to this page:
http://peacefire.org/testpages/test-get-form.html
without using a proxy, and submit the form, it takes you to
http://peacefire.org/showall.cgi?textfield=abc
which is a script that displays all available environment variables --
one of them is "REQUEST_METHOD: GET".

However, if you go to
https://unblockvideos.com/
and load the same page through the proxy and submit the form, the
resulting script shows "REQUEST_METHOD: POST".

Many CGI scripts will accept data submitted as both GET and POST, so
with those scripts there won't be a problem. The problem is that some
scripts -- like the Google search script, apparently -- will only accept
data submitted as GET, presumably because accepting data submitted via
POST has trickier security implications (such as the fact that it's
possible to submit much longer data strings in a POST request), so
it's safer just to turn it off when it's not needed.

Bennett

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I'm very well aware of this problem, but changing request method from POST to GET is more complicated and ugly than it looks. It's on my TODO list don't you worry.

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