httpencode failed: (missing __OK__ line): "405 Method Not Allowed" (POST not allowed)

**aaron_w** · 14-Jul-2010 08:45 AM

Hi there,

I'm trying to get formmail encoder working on a shared Apache/Linux host (fatcow is the host).

The form works without the encryption; I ran into security issues trying to use the regular encode / popen() interface, so I'm trying the $SOCKET_FILTERS with httpencode to see if I can get it working.

Here is my current error state:

Code:

The following error occurred in FormMail :
filter_failed
 **********
Error=Filter "httpencode" failed (missing __OK__ line): <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>405 Method Not Allowed</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>Method Not Allowed</H1>
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /cgi-bin/fmencoder.<P>
</BODY></HTML>

So, it looks like POST is being disallowed to /cgi-bin/fmencoder

What is the next step? Do I need to contact the webhost and check with them? Is there a way to try and see if I can overcome the limitation with a directive in an .htaccess file?

Surely POST can't be denied to anything in /cgi-bin/, otherwise what's the purpose of allowing execution of scripts in /cgi-bin ?

Thanks for any help, and thanks again for making your great program available.

Aaron in Albuquerque, NM

**aaron_w** · 14-Jul-2010 09:05 AM

I should note that I just called my web host and had a hard time explaining what my problem was; but also learned that I do have access to change my php.ini.

So, I want to see if there are any additional steps I can take to clarify the problem / what I need so I can go back to the webhost with that information.

Maybe since I can modify my php.ini it is possible that I can use the regular encode method?

**russellr** · 14-Jul-2010 12:18 PM

Hi,

Yes, you should be able to reconfigure the php.ini file to allow the command execution to work.

Are you getting an error message that points to the problem?

Make sure you have safe_mode set to false.

Apart from that, I'll need to see the error message to know what the problem is.

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