Bug #18183 Updated: [RFE] Configurable "User-Agent" in php_fopen_url_wrap_http()

ID: 18183 Updated by: edink@php.net Reported By: jos_php.net@interexa.de -Status: Open +Status: Won't fix Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: all PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: I don't think this is really necessary. The fopen wrappers were designed for consistency among different ways of getting data, not to support every little detail of every protocol. If you do need greater control, I suggest using cURL functions. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-05 16:50:12] tal@php.net Markus - i agree. I totally forgot about INI :-) -Tal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-05 16:30:24] mfischer@php.net Why not an ini setting like fopen.user_agent ? I think we should use the INI infrastructure if we want to make thsi customizeable at all. There's no need to add a new function when we simply can do ini_set("fopen.user_agent", "foobar"); We can even query it with ini_get(), means we don't need a get_user_agent() and we can give it a default value like "PHP <version numer>" if it's not set at all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-05 16:10:06] tal@php.net Maybe a set_user_agent() function? -Tal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-05 09:19:38] derick@php.net Recategorize ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-05 08:59:54] jos_php.net@interexa.de It would be helpful if the "User-Agent"-String in fopen('http://...') calls would be configurable. The file affected is ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c, line 180. Maybe we could define a global variable which is set to "PHP/PHP_VERSION" by default, but can be overwritten. Or an optional parameter to the fopen() function. But would be also useful in include() calls... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18183&edit=1