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B.9 Apache 2 Correctly Sets PATH_TRANSLATED

According to the CGI specification, PATH_TRANSLATED should be set only when PATH_INFO has a value.

The PHP Apache 1.x module always sets PATH_TRANSLATED, regardless of PATH_INFO. The Apache 2.x module correctly obeys the specification.

To get the actual path to the script, use SCRIPT_FILENAME instead.



    		Upgrading to PHP 5
    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Object-Oriented Programming
    		Chapter 3. MySQL
    		Chapter 4. SQLite
    		Chapter 5. XML
    		Chapter 6. Iterators and SPL
    		Chapter 7. Error Handling and Debugging
    		Chapter 8. Streams, Wrappers, and Filters
    		Chapter 9. Other Extensions
    		Chapter 10. PHP 5 in Action
    		Appendix A. Introduction to XML
    		Appendix B. Additional New Features and Minor Changes
    		B.1 Passing Optional Parameters by Reference
    		B.2 New E_STRICT Error Setting
    		B.3 Treating Strings as Arrays Causes Errors
    		B.4 CLI Now Allows Individual Line Processing
    		B.5 CLI Always Provides argv and argc
    		B.6 Oracle (oci8) Extension Functions Renamed
    		B.7 New Configuration Directives
    		B.8 Updated COM Extension
    		B.9 Apache 2 Correctly Sets PATH_TRANSLATED
    		B.10 strrpos( ) Uses the Entire Needle
    		B.11 Windows 95 Support Dropped
    		B.12 old_function Eliminated
    		Appendix C. Installing PHP 5 Alongside PHP 4
    		Colophon