[ANNOUNCEMENT] pecl_http-1.5.0RC1 (beta) Released.

The new PECL package pecl_http-1.5.0RC1 (beta) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- + Added HttpMessage::fromEnv(int type[, string class_name = "HttpMessage"]) (Clay Loveless) + Added support for per process persistent cURL handles (requested by Clay Loveless): o Added --enable-http-persistent-handles configure option o Added http_persistent_handles_count(), http_persistent_handles_clean([string name]), http_persistent_handles_ident([string ident]) o Added http.persistent.handles.ident INI setting Package Info ------------- This HTTP extension aims to provide a convenient and powerful set of functionality for one of PHPs major applications. It eases handling of HTTP urls, dates, redirects, headers and messages, provides means for negotiation of clients preferred language and charset, as well as a convenient way to send any arbitrary data with caching and resuming capabilities. It provides powerful request functionality, if built with CURL support. Parallel requests are available for PHP 5 and greater. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=pecl_http Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/pecl_http-1.5.0RC1.tgz Authors ------------- Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> (lead)