From: Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:11 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Workaround for HTTP authentication in the API when running PHP as CGI/FastCGI. Exampl... 
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Workaround for HTTP authentication in the API when running PHP as CGI/FastCGI. Example rewrite lines added as comments in htaccess.sample, API tweaked to accept alternate environment var form.
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diff --git a/htaccess.sample b/htaccess.sample
index 37eb8e01ec..18a868698c 100644
--- a/htaccess.sample
+++ b/htaccess.sample
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
   RewriteBase /mublog/
 
+  ## Uncomment these if having trouble with API authentication
+  ## when PHP is running in CGI or FastCGI mode.
+  #RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
+  #RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]
+
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule (.*) index.php?p=$1 [L,QSA]
diff --git a/lib/apiauth.php b/lib/apiauth.php
index 32502399f9..17f803a1ca 100644
--- a/lib/apiauth.php
+++ b/lib/apiauth.php
@@ -294,11 +294,15 @@ class ApiAuthAction extends ApiAction
 
     function basicAuthProcessHeader()
     {
-        if (isset($_SERVER['AUTHORIZATION'])
-            || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])
-            ) {
-            $authorization_header = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])
-              ? $_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] : $_SERVER['AUTHORIZATION'];
+        $authHeaders = array('AUTHORIZATION',
+                             'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION',
+                             'REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'); // rewrite for CGI
+        $authorization_header = null;
+        foreach ($authHeaders as $header) {
+            if (isset($_SERVER[$header])) {
+                $authorization_header = $_SERVER[$header];
+                break;
+            }
         }
 
         if (isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {