type hinting for Mail_mimePart
| From: | Vlad Krupin | Date: | Fri, 13 Dec 2002 02:11:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | type hinting for Mail_mimePart | ||
| Groups: | php.pear.dev | ||
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Yet another feature for Mail_mimePart.
If you read RFC2387 (Multipart/Related messages), you can see the
following in section 3.1:
3.1. The Type Parameter
The type parameter must be specified and its value is the MIME media
type of the "root" body part. It permits a MIME user agent to
determine the content-type without reference to the enclosed body
part. If the value of the type parameter and the root body part's
content-type differ then the User Agent's behavior is undefined.
I imagine that the word 'must' is a bit too strong - a lot of clients
don't implement that when sending messages. Neither does the
Mail_mimePart implementation. However, it would simplify the life of the
parser on the receiving end, so it would be nice to add that functionality.
The patch attached is a rough idea of how it should look like. Please,
give feedback and tell me what you think. If you like the idea, I'll
test it a bit and make sure I have a patch that's safe to apply.
Thanks a lot!
Vlad
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Vlad Krupin
Software Engineer
echospace.com