From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: Linux (2.4.17)
PHP version:      4.1.1
PHP Bug Type:     Zlib Related
Bug description:  Strange error message on gzopen and ftp:// URL

It's not clear from the manual whether or not gzopen is 
SUPPOSED to work with http:// and ftp:// URL's, but I get 
the impression the answer is "not yet".  (The 
documentation in the manual IMPLIES that it the 
filehandle-like functions should work with the exception 
of socket functions, but the user commentary below the 
gzopen entry implies that it doesn't work for http:// 
URL's either...)

However, when attempting to gzopen a .gz file from an FTP 
site, the error message returned is very strange:
-----------------------------------------------------
<b>Warning</b>:  
gzopen("ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/gbpln3.seq.gz","r";) 
- Success in <b>projects/phpdna/get28s.php</b> on line 
<b>69</b><br>
Like, dude!  Couldn't gzopen 
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/gbpln3.seq.gz!
The gzopen returned

-----------------------------------------------------
("Warning - Success?????")

(the section of code that does this is:

-----------------------------------------------------
if(!($fhandle=gzopen($filename,"r")))
                {
                print("Like, dude!  Couldn't gzopen 
$filename!\n");
                print("The gzopen returned $fhandle\n");
                }
-----------------------------------------------------
where filename has obviously been passed as 
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/gbpln3.seq.gz

There's a pause that implies the connection attempt is 
being made.  
(quick update, I just re-ran the script and did a capture 
with 'ethereal' - a connection IS being made and, passive 
mode is being switched to, and the RETR is started on the 
file, and about 3 1K packets seem to come across.  Are FTP 
URL's supposed to work?  Is this a 'gzopen ftp://' bug 
rather than an error message bug?)

I'll report the "Please Oh Please add http/ftp URL support 
to gzopen like fopen has!" separately as a feature request 
later, presuming it doesn't turn out that it's already 
been done and I just don't know what I'm doing...  Thanks!

-- 
Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=14814&edit=1


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