fix(CURLRequest): multiple header sections after redirects (#9426)

* fix: strip out multiple header sections for redirect

* test: add test for stripping out multiple redirect header sections

* docs: changelog for fixing returning multiple header sections after redirects

* Added a non-standard http redirect code test

* apply cs-fix for test

* Moved redirect header loop to a separate function

* Updated changelog to be clearer

Author: ducng99

system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php

@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ public function send(string $method, string $url)
         // Set the string we want to break our response from
         $breakString = "\r\n\r\n";
 
+        if (isset($this->config['allow_redirects']) && $this->config['allow_redirects'] !== false) {
+            $output = $this->handleRedirectHeaders($output, $breakString);
+        }
+
         while (str_starts_with($output, 'HTTP/1.1 100 Continue')) {
             $output = substr($output, strpos($output, $breakString) + 4);
         }
@@ -713,4 +717,30 @@ protected function sendRequest(array $curlOptions = []): string
 
         return $output;
     }
+
+    private function handleRedirectHeaders(string $output, string $breakString): string
+    {
+        // Strip out multiple redirect header sections
+        while (preg_match('/^HTTP\/\d(?:\.\d)? 3\d\d/', $output)) {
+            $breakStringPos        = strpos($output, $breakString);
+            $redirectHeaderSection = substr($output, 0, $breakStringPos);
+            $redirectHeaders       = explode("\n", $redirectHeaderSection);
+            $locationHeaderFound   = false;
+
+            foreach ($redirectHeaders as $header) {
+                if (str_starts_with(strtolower($header), 'location:')) {
+                    $locationHeaderFound = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($locationHeaderFound) {
+                $output = substr($output, $breakStringPos + 4);
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $output;
+    }
 }

tests/system/HTTP/CURLRequestTest.php

@@ -1313,4 +1313,72 @@ public function testHTTPversionAsString(): void
         $this->assertArrayHasKey(CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, $options);
         $this->assertSame(CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0, $options[CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION]);
     }
+
+    public function testRemoveMultipleRedirectHeaderSections(): void
+    {
+        $testBody = 'Hello world';
+
+        $output = "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+location: http://example.com
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 302 Found
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+location: http://example.com
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 399 Custom Redirect
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+location: http://example.com
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\nHTTP/2 308
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+location: http://example.com
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\n" . $testBody;
+
+        $this->request->setOutput($output);
+
+        $response = $this->request->request('GET', 'http://example.com', [
+            'allow_redirects' => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+
+        $this->assertSame($testBody, $response->getBody());
+    }
+
+    public function testNotRemoveMultipleRedirectHeaderSectionsWithoutLocationHeader(): void
+    {
+        $testBody = 'Hello world';
+
+        $output = "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
+content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
+content-length: 211
+date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:34 GMT
+server: nginx/1.21.6
+vary: Origin\r\n\r\n" . $testBody;
+
+        $this->request->setOutput($output);
+
+        $response = $this->request->request('GET', 'http://example.com', [
+            'allow_redirects' => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(301, $response->getStatusCode());
+
+        $this->assertSame($testBody, $response->getBody());
+    }
 }

user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.1.rst

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Deprecations
 Bugs Fixed
 **********
 
+- **CURLRequest:** Fixed an issue where multiple header sections appeared in the CURL response body during multiple redirects from the target server.
+
 See the repo's
 `CHANGELOG.md <https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md>`_
 for a complete list of bugs fixed.