Re: [PHP-DEV] Support for PDF Forms ready, but.... From: Uwe Steinmann (steinm <email protected>)
Date: 11/23/98

> Uwe Steinmann wrote:
> >
> > 1. Problem
> > PHP3 doesn't recognize the content type, so I made it aware of it.
> >
> > 2. Problem
> > The fdf format cannot be processed by PHP3. Making HTTP_POST_VARS
> > from it doesn't work, so I introduced a new variable name
> > HTTP_POST_DATA which contains the unprocessed post data.
>
> What MIME type is it using? I guess adding a variable like HTTP_POST_DATA
The MIME type is application/vnd.fdf.

> would be correct if it's not application/x-www-form-urlencoded. The other
> alternative would be to make PHP "parse" the application-specific data like it
> would parse the normal POST data and make a variable like HTTP_FDF_DATA.
I thought about that, but I guess the FDF format results in rather
complicated data structures.

> HTTP_POST_DATA can be useful anyway, I have at least one application where it
> would have made my life easier. My only worry is memory use for huge file
> uploads and such.
I will make HTTP_FDF_DATA only available if FDF support is compiled in
and the MIME type is application/vnd.fdf.

I'll commit my changes in the next days.

> php3_minit_xml, /* extension-wide startup function */
> php3_mshutdown_xml, /* extension-wide shutdown function */
Thanks, these two we do the job.

  Uwe 

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