[ANNOUNCEMENT] pecl_http-1.5.0RC2 (beta) Released.

The new PECL package pecl_http-1.5.0RC2 (beta) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- o Improved new persistent handles functionality - Removed --enable-http-persistent-handles + Added http.persistent.handles.limit system INI option which controls the maximum amount of idle persistent handles kept around (per provider); 0 means every handle is destroyed after usage (i.e. disabled), -1 means virtually unlimited maximum amount of idle handles (default) 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-1.5.0RC2.tgz Authors ------------- Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> (lead)