Re: Bug #14872 Updated: Garbage being returned when displaying contents of a url

webmaster@ski-info-online.com wrote: > ID: 14872 > User updated by: webmaster@ski-info-online.com > Reported By: webmaster@ski-info-online.com > Status: Bogus > Bug Type: Sockets related > Operating System: RedHat Linux > PHP Version: 4.0.6 > New Comment: > > Steve, > > Thanks for the clarification. > > I posted this question in a number of forums, including, devsheds, > phpbuilder, htmlforums, php-general@lists.php.net and it would appear > that many of us do not understand the intricacies of HTTP 1.1 and HTTP > 1.0 as no one appeared to be able to identify the cause. > > Apologies if this request wasted your time. > No problem! I found this out the hard way -- I too was wondering about performance and funny characters. If you telnet to port 80 of a server and perform the request manually (for example, GET / HTTP/1.1) you'll notice that after it sends the page, it waits for a couple seconds before disconnecting. You'll also notice that in the headers, there is something about chunked encoding, and also a keep-alive setting.