Bug #6701 Updated: Use of http_proxy for fopen("http:// ...

ID: 6701 Updated by: jan Reported By: mbabcock@fibrespeed.net Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Customized RedHat 6.2 PHP Version: 4.0.0 New Comment: although the request should remain open, this specific problem can be solved using PEAR::Cache. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-09-12 23:39:12] mbabcock@fibrespeed.net It would be nice if fopen("http://www.mywebsite.com", "r"); used the value in http_proxy as a proxy server instead of always fetching the data directly. Using CURL is an option, but its a lot more complex. If this functionality isn't too difficult to achieve, it would be much appreciated. For example, I have a PHP program that HTMLizes RFCs and displays them. It grabs the rfc###.txt directly from http://www.ietf.org/ but there's no reason for it to refetch them every time if they can be cached by our proxy server. Note: blanking $http_proxy should disable the proxy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=6701&edit=1