diff --git a/plugins/http/http.c b/plugins/http/http.c
index fe805d66..aa57b583 100644
--- a/plugins/http/http.c
+++ b/plugins/http/http.c
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ int http_parse(struct http_session *h_session, size_t http_req_len) {
 	while (ptr < watermark) {
 		if (*ptr == '\r') {
 			if (ptr + 1 >= watermark)
-				return 0;
+				break;
 			if (*(ptr + 1) != '\n')
-				return 0;
+				break;
 			// multiline header ?
 			if (ptr + 2 < watermark) {
 				if (*(ptr + 2) == ' ' || *(ptr + 2) == '\t') {
diff --git a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
index 1d746e9c..099715e7 100644
--- a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct uwsgi_php {
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *index;
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *set;
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *append_config;
+	struct uwsgi_string_list *vars;
 	char *docroot;
 	char *app;
 	char *app_qs;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_php_options[] = {
         {"php-allowed-script", required_argument, 0, "list the allowed php scripts (require absolute path)", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uphp.allowed_scripts, 0},
         {"php-server-software", required_argument, 0, "force php SERVER_SOFTWARE", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uphp.server_software, 0},
         {"php-app", required_argument, 0, "force the php file to run at each request", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uphp.app, 0},
+        {"php-var", required_argument, 0, "add/overwrite a CGI variable at each request", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uphp.vars, 0},
         {"php-app-qs", required_argument, 0, "when in app mode force QUERY_STRING to the specified value + PATH_INFO", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uphp.app_qs, 0},
         {"php-dump-config", no_argument, 0, "dump php config (if modified via --php-set or append options)", uwsgi_opt_true, &uphp.dump_config, 0},
         {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -309,6 +311,16 @@ static void sapi_uwsgi_register_variables(zval *track_vars_array TSRMLS_DC)
 
 	php_register_variable_safe("PHP_SELF", wsgi_req->script_name, wsgi_req->script_name_len, track_vars_array TSRMLS_CC);
 
+	struct uwsgi_string_list *usl = uphp.vars;
+	while(usl) {
+		char *equal = strchr(usl->value, '=');
+		if (equal) {
+			php_register_variable_safe( estrndup(usl->value, equal-usl->value),
+				equal+1, strlen(equal+1), track_vars_array TSRMLS_CC);
+		}
+		usl = usl->next;
+	}
+
 
 }
 
@@ -663,6 +675,16 @@ int uwsgi_php_init(void) {
 		uwsgi_log("--- end of PHP custom config ---\n");
 	}
 
+	// fix docroot
+        if (uphp.docroot) {
+		char *orig_docroot = uphp.docroot;
+		uphp.docroot = uwsgi_expand_path(uphp.docroot, strlen(uphp.docroot), NULL);
+		if (!uphp.docroot) {
+			uwsgi_log("unable to set php docroot to %s\n", orig_docroot);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	uwsgi_sapi_module.startup(&uwsgi_sapi_module);
 
 	// filling http status codes
@@ -917,7 +939,6 @@ secure2:
 
 secure3:
 
-
 	if (wsgi_req->document_root[wsgi_req->document_root_len-1] == '/') {
 		wsgi_req->script_name = real_filename + (wsgi_req->document_root_len-1);
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/router_rewrite/router_rewrite.c b/plugins/router_rewrite/router_rewrite.c
index 46230e94..e068293d 100644
--- a/plugins/router_rewrite/router_rewrite.c
+++ b/plugins/router_rewrite/router_rewrite.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
 
 int uwsgi_routing_func_rewrite(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route *ur) {
 
+	char *tmp_qs = NULL;
+
 	char **subject = (char **) (((char *)(wsgi_req))+ur->subject);
         uint16_t *subject_len = (uint16_t *)  (((char *)(wsgi_req))+ur->subject_len);
 
@@ -18,10 +20,21 @@ int uwsgi_routing_func_rewrite(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route
 		path_info_len = query_string - path_info;
 		query_string++;
 		query_string_len = strlen(query_string);
-	
+		if (wsgi_req->query_string_len > 0) {
+			tmp_qs = uwsgi_concat4n(query_string, query_string_len, "&", 1, wsgi_req->query_string, wsgi_req->query_string_len, "", 0);
+			query_string = tmp_qs;
+			query_string_len = strlen(query_string);
+		}	
 	}
+	// over engineering, could be requiredin the future...
 	else {
-		query_string = "";
+		if (wsgi_req->query_string_len > 0) {
+			query_string = wsgi_req->query_string;
+			query_string_len = wsgi_req->query_string_len;
+		}
+		else {
+			query_string = "";
+		}
 	}
 
 	char *ptr = uwsgi_req_append(wsgi_req, "PATH_INFO", 9, path_info, path_info_len);
@@ -39,12 +52,14 @@ int uwsgi_routing_func_rewrite(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route
 	wsgi_req->query_string_len = query_string_len;
 
 	free(path_info);
+	if (tmp_qs) free(tmp_qs);
 	if (ur->custom)
 		return UWSGI_ROUTE_CONTINUE;
 	return UWSGI_ROUTE_NEXT;
 
 clear:
 	free(path_info);
+	if (tmp_qs) free(tmp_qs);
 	return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
 }