Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8552 Updated: fopen doesn't open URL From: Zak Greant (zak <email protected>)
Date: 01/05/01

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stig Venaas" <Stig.Venaas <email protected>>
To: "Mike Boulet" <mike <email protected>>
Cc: "Zak Greant" <zak <email protected>>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8552 Updated: fopen doesn't open URL

> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:59:28AM -0500, Mike Boulet wrote:
> > Thanks Zak, that worked!
> >
> > Stig,
> > Did the 3.0.16 version handle redirects differently?
>
> As I just said in a mail, 4.0.2 did, I'm not sure about 3.0.16 but it's
> likely. Unless anyone gives me any good reason for not handling redirects
> I'll try to add support back in. It is possible to look at the redirect
> and do another fopen in your script though by checking that variable with
> the http-header. But it's a rather awkward solution.

    Perhaps it would be good to throw a notice level error when handling
    redirects - redirects are often put into place when a resource has
    moved. If PHP handles them perfectly transparently, then the site
    admin may not know that a resource has moved til the redirect is
    removed.

    --zak 

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