[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18165: Admin tables empty when installed on *nix with Apache 2.x, PHP 5.3 running as CGI with wrapper script

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#18165: Admin tables empty when installed on *nix with Apache 2.x, PHP 5.3 running
as CGI with wrapper script
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 Reporter:  magdude         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
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 * Wordpress 3.2.1
 * Apache 2.2.3
 * PHP 5.3.5

 When running with suexec through a wrapper script such as set up by
 Webmin, the PHP_SELF variable is "fixed" by PHP to point to the wrapper
 instead of the actual script. This in turn kills some of the admin lists
 (posts are empty) along with problems setting theme (Thematic) options.


 To recreate, adjust '''httpd.conf''' vhost to:
 {{{
 <VirtualHost *:80>
   SuexecUserGroup "#1111" "#2222"
   ServerName example.com
   DocumentRoot /home/example.com/www
   ErrorLog /home/example.com/logs/error_log
   CustomLog /home/example.com/logs/access_log combined
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/example.com/cgi-bin/
   <Directory /home/example.com/www>
     Options Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks
     allow from all
     AllowOverride All
     Action application/x-httpd-php5 /cgi-bin/php5.cgi
     AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php5
     AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php
   </Directory>
   <Directory /home/example.com/cgi-bin>
     allow from all
   </Directory>
   RemoveHandler .php
   RemoveHandler .php5
 </VirtualHost>
 }}}


 Add the following shell script '''/cgi-bin/php5.cgi'''
 {{{
 #!/bin/bash
 PHPRC=$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../etc/php.ini
 export PHPRC
 umask 022
 SCRIPT_FILENAME=$PATH_TRANSLATED
 export SCRIPT_FILENAME
 exec /usr/bin/php-cgi
 }}}

 Copy the '''php.ini''' file to '''/home/example.com/etc/'''



 The problem is temporarily solved by setting the following PHP option in
 '''php.ini''':
 {{{
 cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0
 }}}

 Which tell PHP not to do a path gawk. I think what should be done is
 Wordpress should not use PHP_SELF or at least prefer using ORIG_PHP_SELF
 if it exists, possibly resetting PHP_SELF for downstream functions.

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