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From: ralph@ralphschindler.com (Ralph Schindler)

Hi all,

Many of you know from reading the subject line whats coming next! ;)

In php, after we interact with HTTP streams (as a client), PHP conjures 
into local scope a variable with header information from the previous 
request $http_response_header.  Is this behavior something we want to 
keep around into PHP 7? Or should we find a different/short-cut way to 
get the information.

Currently, the same information can be ascertained, but only if there is 
an open file handle and only through stream_get_meta_data($fh).

It would be nice if there were an as-easy approach to getting data 
without perhaps conjuring magic variables into the beloved local scope?

Thoughts?
Ralph Schindler

PS Also, do we have any other local-scope variables like this?