[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40566: add_query_arg() returns only URL fragments in certain circumstances (was: Defect: add_query_arg() returns only URL fragments in certain circumstances)
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#40566: add_query_arg() returns only URL fragments in certain circumstances
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Reporter: DavidAnderson | Owner:
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Awaiting Review
Component: General | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Focuses:
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Changes (by ocean90):
* version: trunk =>
Old description:
> The documentation for add_query_arg() -
> https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_query_arg/ - and
> its docblock, both claim that it returns a URL. And this appears to be
> how it is commonly used. (I started looking into this because of it being
> used in WooCommerce in this way, a wrong assumption which ulimately
> causes a reproducible-every-time 404 on my webserver on password reset
> requests via WooCommerce).
>
> e.g. in the documentation: "Retrieves a modified URL query string." "You
> can rebuild the URL and append query variables to the URL query by using
> this function". It is also recommended to use esc_url() on what is
> returned - a function that states that it acts upon URLs, implying that
> what is returned is indeed a URL.
>
> The docblock says "Retrieves a modified URL query string" - which isn't a
> very clear statement (does it return a query string? Or a URL *with*
> modified query string?). It continues later with "Omitting the URL from
> either use results in the current URL being used (the value of
> {{{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}}})".
>
> The last clause is where the problem comes in.
> {{{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}}}, actually stores a path that is relative to
> the current host, only (i.e. not "U"niversal). Another beautiful bit of
> PHP mis-design: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php -
> "The URI which was given in order to access this page; for instance,
> '/index.html'."
>
> As a result, despite the documentation and expectation, add_query_arg()
> returns relative fragments. And when these are passed to wp_redirect(),
> as WooCommerce does, the result can be, as in my case, that the webserver
> gives a 404. (This appears to be related to changes to relative path
> handling in CGI output in recent versions of lighttpd. The problem is
> CGI-specific I think - it relates to how a webserver handles the output
> of a CGI script when that output has a Location: header without a full
> URL in it).
>
> It appears to me that in the default case of no URL being specified,
> add_query_arg() should return an actual URL, instead of a relative path.
>
> Perhaps related: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14062
New description:
The documentation for add_query_arg() -
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_query_arg/ - and
its docblock, both claim that it returns a URL. And this appears to be how
it is commonly used. (I started looking into this because of it being used
in WooCommerce in this way, a wrong assumption which ulimately causes a
reproducible-every-time 404 on my webserver on password reset requests via
WooCommerce).
e.g. in the documentation: "Retrieves a modified URL query string." "You
can rebuild the URL and append query variables to the URL query by using
this function". It is also recommended to use esc_url() on what is
returned - a function that states that it acts upon URLs, implying that
what is returned is indeed a URL.
The docblock says "Retrieves a modified URL query string" - which isn't a
very clear statement (does it return a query string? Or a URL *with*
modified query string?). It continues later with "Omitting the URL from
either use results in the current URL being used (the value of
{{{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}}})".
The last clause is where the problem comes in.
{{{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}}}, actually stores a path that is relative to
the current host, only (i.e. not "U"niversal). Another beautiful bit of
PHP mis-design: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php -
"The URI which was given in order to access this page; for instance,
'/index.html'."
As a result, despite the documentation and expectation, add_query_arg()
returns relative fragments. And when these are passed to wp_redirect(), as
WooCommerce does, the result can be, as in my case, that the webserver
gives a 404. (This appears to be related to changes to relative path
handling in CGI output in recent versions of lighttpd. The problem is CGI-
specific I think - it relates to how a webserver handles the output of a
CGI script when that output has a Location: header without a full URL in
it).
It appears to me that in the default case of no URL being specified,
add_query_arg() should return an actual URL, instead of a relative path.
Perhaps related: #14062
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