Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8552 Updated: fopen doesn't open URL

hi, > > 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. but all the redirect stuff must be optional or something... many people use redirects for permanent stuf - one good example is get/post form processing when we want to stop a nervous user from hitting refresh multiple times. we process the data, take the action and redirect to url showing the result of the action taken - then let him refresh at will. now if we want to take some action on remote web from a script a notify or warning would be very annoying even in debug env... b.