fix: infer ssl option from host protocol in PostHog::init#111
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fix: infer ssl option from host protocol in PostHog::init#111
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cleanHost() strips the protocol before QueueConsumer sees the host, so QueueConsumer never detects http:// and defaults ssl to true. This causes requests to http:// hosts (e.g. localhost) to fail silently with curl error 0 as the SDK tries to connect via HTTPS. Now PostHog::init() infers ssl from the host protocol before stripping it, unless the user has explicitly set the ssl option.
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| if (substr($rawHost, 0, 7) === "http://") { | ||
| $options["ssl"] = false; | ||
| } elseif (substr($rawHost, 0, 8) === "https://") { |
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can you do that with startsWith? its likely better than alocating a new string
its less error prone
if PHP < 8 we cna also do like if (strpos($rawHost, "http://") === 0)
do we support PHP 7 and older?
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ran into this small issue when testing against localhost (on http vs https)
Summary
PostHog::cleanHost()strips the protocol from the host beforeQueueConsumersees itQueueConsumerchecks forhttp://prefix to setssl=false, but the protocol is already gone, so it defaults tossl=truehttp://hosts (e.g.localhostfor local dev) to silently fail with curl error 0, as the SDK tries HTTPS against an HTTP serverPostHog::init()inferssslfrom the host protocol before stripping it, unless the user has explicitly set thessloptionChanges
lib/PostHog.php- detect protocol and setssloption beforecleanHost()strips ittest/PostHogTest.php- three new tests: http:// host, https:// host, and http:// via env varTest plan
testInitWithHttpHostSetsSslFalse,testInitWithHttpsHostSetsSslTrue,testInitWithEnvHttpHostSetsSslFalse)