[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17588: fsockopen performs a POST request to a redirected location

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#17588: fsockopen performs a POST request to a redirected location
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 Reporter:  dd32          |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  HTTP          |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 Continuing off #17490.

 Some background first: When you make a POST request, If you recieve a 3xx
 w/ Location in response, The correct thing to do next, is to perform a GET
 request to the new url, which is not what most people expect (Expecting
 the class to follow the Location with a new POST).

 fsockopen doesn't follow this spec, cURL and Streams do, Upon receiving
 the redirection, fsockopen performs the exact same request against the new
 location, whereas, it should disregard the post fields (and the Content-
 length header) and perform a GET instead.

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