POST-request, but content-length missing -> 411

[eliascn]

Since I updated to 2.7 stable, I found lighttpd 1.4.13-4etch11 (PHP5.2.0-8+etch13 + FastCGI) record the following error into error.log for every access on wordpress homepage (the page could be displayed as usual, lighttpd just record such error):

2008-12-14 01:41:29: (request.c.1092) POST-request, but content-length missing -> 411

But for 2.6.5, everything is ok.

After checking the time stamp in error.log, I found that is an access to wp-cron.php at the same time.

58.30.17.160 - - [14/Dec/2008:01:41:29 +0800] "POST /wp-cron.php?check=f799fc914a05b24049b91d71848f26ed HTTP/1.0" 411 357 "-" "WordPress/2.7"

In which, "58.30.17.160" is the ip of my server itself.

Having exactly the same problem. wp-cron.php controls scheduled posts, and as a result of this problem my scheduled posts aren't working at all. They were working fine before upgrading to 2.7 stable from 2.6.

It appears the problem is related to Lighttpd being strict about receiving a Content-Length:  http://forum.lighttpd.net/topic/482

I haven't tested it conclusively, but I've found adding: $r['headers']['Content-Length'] = 0; to line 245 (above the $transports line), which is explicitly defining Content-Length as 0 for a null body, seems to fix my scheduled posts problem and has made the errors go away.

I've attached a quick diff file too.

Sorry, that is line 245 of wp-includes/http.php. My bad.

Open Tickets must have milestone.

(In [10211]) Set Content-Length to 0 for null body requests. Props Jalada. see #8605

(In [10212]) Set Content-Length to 0 for null body requests. Props Jalada. see #8605 for 2.7

I tested the patch on my site, and it worked. Thanks all the effort!