Description: ------------ url like these - http://example.com:80#@google.com/ - http://example.com:80?@google.com/ parse_url return wrong host. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.2 The authority component is preceded by a double slash ("//") and is terminated by the next slash ("/"), question mark ("?"), or number sign ("#") character, or by the end of the URI. This problem has been fixed in 7.1. https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1607 But, this issue should be recognized as security issue. example: - bypass authentication protocol (verify hostname of callback url by parse_url) - open redirector (verify hostname by parse_url) - server-side request forgery (verify hostname by parse_url and get_content) Test script: --------------- php > echo parse_url("http://example.com:80#@google.com/")["host"]; google.com php > echo parse_url("http://example.com:80?@google.com/")["host"]; google.com php > echo file_get_contents("http://example.com:80#@google.com"); ... contents of example.com ... Expected result: ---------------- parse_url("http://example.com:80#@google.com/")["host"]; example.com or parse error.