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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] $http_response_header
From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs)

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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 1 December 2014 22:28:04 GMT, Ralph Schindler <
>> ralph@ralphschindler.com> wrote:
>> >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?
>>
>> Wow, I had no idea that existed; what an incredibly ugly implementation.
>> Even the name is weird (why "header" singular when it contains an array =
of
>> headers?)
>>
>> The only other local-scope variable listed next to it in the manual [1]
>> is $php_errormsg, which has to be enabled with an ini setting.
>>
>> If the information is useful at all, then I guess a
>> get_last_http_response_headers() function would be less magic - although
>> that would presumably mean the data had to be stashed indefinitely in an
>> internal global just in case it was asked for, rather than it naturally
>> falling out of scope.
>>
>> We could just say that if you're using a shortcut like file_get_contents=
,
>> you can't have it both ways and access metadata afterwards. It's just a
>> pity ext/curl is so faithful to the underlying lib, and therefore so
>> awkward to use for simple cases.
>>
>> [1]: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
>>
>>
> +1 on introducing the get_last function, and I would also suggest adding =
a
> new ini settings similarly to track_errors so we can discourage/deprecate
> the usage of this feature before removing it.
>
> --
> Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs
> @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
>

bump.

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Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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