Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71717&edit=1

 ID:                 71717
 User updated by:    teo8976 at gmail dot com
 Reported by:        teo8976 at gmail dot com
 Summary:            advanced search broken
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Website problem
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

> Also, search works fine if you choose all Top-level categories in "Return 
> bugs 
> for these packages" while it's basically the same as selecting all the items.

Yeah, except that's a big pain in the a** having to select all of them one by 
one manually. It's ridiculous.


> The bug is still there but It doesn't seem to  bother anyone.

On what do you base that? On the number of complaints you [don't] receive?

Who definitely seem to not be bothered is the developers/maintainers of the 
website.

Come on, this is ridiculous. Switching to a POST form would be trivial!


Previous Comments:
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[2016-04-27 13:47:42] nataliepeyton332 at gmail dot com

The bug is still there but It doesn't seem to  bother anyone.
Also, search works fine if you choose all Top-level categories in "Return bugs 
for these packages" while it's basically the same as selecting all the items.

https://www.mavenecommerce.com/

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[2016-03-05 16:48:46] teo8976 at gmail dot com

Description:
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The advanced search page at https://bugs.php.net/search.php
is a method=GET form, yet it can generate a very large URI, causing a server 
error "URI Too Large".

It is inadmissible that normal use of the UI can generate a request that the 
same server offering the UI cannot handle.

Test script:
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1. Go to https://bugs.php.net/search.php
2. In the "Return bugs from these packages" multi select, select all the items
3. Enter some keywords in the first text input field
4. hit "Search"

Expected result:
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Should get the search results

Actual result:
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You get a server error:
> Request-URI Too Large
> The requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.


Suggestions: 

Either use a method=POST form, or encode the search parameters in a more 
efficient way.

Ah, and more importantly, test your website.


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