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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP build-in HTTP server and the HEAD method
From: ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net ("Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa")

On 12/09/12 11:15, Damien Tournoud wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa
> <ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> It is probably me but it seems like the build-in HTTP server does not well
>> support the HEAD method. Here is my following test case. First, the foo.php
>> file:
>>
>>     <?php
>>
>>     var_dump($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
> By definition, a HEAD request MUST NOT return a message-body.
Oh grrr, I feel stupid now ;-). I forget this.

> This works as expected:
>
> <?php
> header("X-Request-Method: " . $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]);
> ?>
>
> Here is how it works: main/SAPI.c has code that set
> SG(request_info).headers_only = 1 for HEAD requests, and as a
> consequence php_request_shutdown() does not flush the output buffer
> (if any) to the client.
Ok.

> You can force a body to be sent (but that's
> likely not going to work with every SAPI) by not having an output
> buffer or by calling ob_end_flush() yourself.
Yes but that was not my goal.

Thank you for your reply :-).

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Ivan Enderlin
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