note 71226 added to wrappers.http

As it says on this page: "The stream allows access to the body of the resource; the headers are stored in the $http_response_header variable. Since PHP 4.3.0, the headers are available using stream_get_meta_data()." This one sentence is the only documentation I have found on the mysterious $http_response_header variable, and I'm afraid it's misleading. It implies that from 4.3.0 onward, stream_get_meta_data() ought to be used in favor of $http_response_header. Don't be fooled! stream_get_meta_data() requires a stream reference, which makes it ONLY useful with fopen() and related functions. However, $http_response_header can be used to get the headers from the much simpler file_get_contents() and related functions, which makes it still very useful in 5.x. Also note that even when file_get_contents() and friends fail due to a 4xx or 5xx error and return false, the headers are still available in $http_response_header. ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 68.122.11.183 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/wrappers.http.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71226 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71226 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71226 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php