note 15956 modified in function.file by jeroen

[Editor's note: this is fixed in current versions of PHP, IIRC, 4.0.5 does handle redirects --Jeroen] the documentation is actually slightly wrong in its example of joining a web page, because http://www.php.net is *really* http://www.php.net/ (note the trailing slash). php can't deal with redirects, so it fails. the same applies for functions like fopen() etc. --was-- the documentation is actually slightly wrong in its example of joining a web page, because http://www.php.net is *really* http://www.php.net/ (note the trailing slash). php can't deal with redirects, so it fails. the same applies for functions like fopen() etc. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php