From: jacob at internet24 dot de
Operating system: Gentoo Linux 1.4.16/Kernel 2.6.7
PHP version: 5.0.2
PHP Bug Type: SOAP related
Bug description: Persistent Connection Handling, Talking to SOAP::Lite
Description:
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When using SoapClient to do HTTP Soap Requests using a Soap::Lite (0.55)
Server in HTTP-Daemon mode, php soap opens a new HTTP connection for each
new SOAP operation executed, despite the fact that SOAP::Lite keeps the
HTTP connection open as requested by php soap ("Connection: Keep-Alive"
set in the Request HTTP headers).
The reason for is that php soap closes the persistent socket when it does
not receive a "Connection: Keep-Alive" Header in the reply message from
SOAP::Lite.
Cf.: ext/soap/php_http.c
643 connection =
get_http_header_value(http_headers,"Connection: ");
644 if (connection) {
645 if (strncasecmp(connection, "Keep-Alive",
sizeof("Keep-Alive")-1) == 0) {
646 http_close = FALSE;
647 }
648 efree(connection);
I believe that is an incorrect interpretation of the
HTTP/1.1 standard, php soap should only explicitly
close the connection, with an HTTP/1.1 server, when it receives a
"Connection: Close" in the response, not when there is just no
"Connection: Keep-Alive" in the reply
headers. Right?
Cf.: (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec8.html#sec8.1)
RFC2616, Section 8.1.2.1 states:
"An HTTP/1.1 server MAY assume that a HTTP/1.1 client intends to maintain
a persistent connection unless a Connection header including the
connection-token "close" was sent in the request. If the server chooses to
close the connection immediately after sending the response, it SHOULD send
a Connection header including the connection-token close.
An HTTP/1.1 client MAY expect a connection to remain open, but would
decide to keep it open based on whether the response from a server
contains a Connection header with the connection-token close. In case the
client does not want to maintain a connection for more than that request,
it SHOULD send a Connection header including the connection-token close."
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