[Tickets #6119] PATH_INFO problems

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=6119
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 Ticket             | 6119
 Created By         | tedm at ipinc.net
 Summary            | PATH_INFO problems
 Queue              | DIMP
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Bug
 State              | Unconfirmed
 Priority           | 2. Medium
 Milestone          | 
 Patch              | 
 Owners             | 
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tedm at ipinc.net (2008-01-16 15:24) wrote:

Per the docs, "DIMP requires a web server that correctly sets the PATH_INFO
environment    variable for all PHP scripts. Every modern web server
supports this"

Incorrect.  Apache version 1.3.39 does not support "AcceptPathInfo On" 
The docs lead the user to believe it is.

One possible solution if running under PHP5 might be to add

$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = (isset($_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'])) ?
$_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'] : ' ';

to the beginning of imp.php and dimple.php since they are the only scripts
that support it, and I think PHP5 contains the ORIG_PATH_INFO variable (but
I'm not sure since I don't run PHP5)  

PHP4 offers _SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] and _SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] but
that's it.  Perhaps a bit of parsing of these?

Horde, IMP, and all the other framework programs run fine on Apache 1.3
and PHP4.  It seems pointless to hamstring dimp since it's unlikely a site
that has a running IMP setup is going to mess around with changing their
Apache and PHP configs just to support it.

If there's no interest in the likely trivial amount of coding to correct
this, the restrictions against running it under Apache 1.3 and PHP4/5
should be made clear in the install documentation