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

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:09:20PM +0100, Cynic wrote: > This still doesn't answer my concern about status code 300. Right > Excerpt from RFC 2616: > > 10.3.1 300 Multiple Choices > The requested resource corresponds to any one of a set of > representations, each with its own specific location, and > agent-driven negotiation information (section 12) is being > provided so that the user (or user agent) can select a > preferred representation and redirect its request to that > location. Unless it was a HEAD request, the response SHOULD > include an entity containing a list of resource characteristics > and location(s) from which the user or user agent can choose > the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the > media type given in the Content- Type header field. Depending > upon the format and the capabilities the user agent, selection > of the most appropriate choice MAY be performed automatically. Without a way of knowing which, I would just pick one, perhaps always the first? Only way we might have a clue is if the mode parameter includes b for binary perhaps. I would like to keep it simple, so I think better not. > However, this specification does not define any standard for > such automatic selection. If the server has a preferred choice > of representation, it SHOULD include the specific URI for that > representation in the Location field; user agents MAY use the > Location field value for automatic redirection. This response > is cacheable unless indicated otherwise. In this case we should pick the preferred one. If we add an option for whether to follow redirects, a script that cares about picking the right choice (using criteria of it's own) should turn redirect following off, and parse $http_response_header and do it on their own. I think that whatever we do it will have to be a compromise when using fopen(), it will be hard to make fopen() suit all needs. Personally I think it makes sense to follow redirects by default, but I don't care that much what we do, and I'm open to suggestions. I think we should together look at the pros and cons and try to figure what's best. Stig