Re: Re: HTTP_Request bug

Monday, October 6, 2003, 10:53:02 AM, Dave Mertens wrote: >> >And now the 64 million euro question: Do we want to support >> those non-compliant http servers? >> I am not sure :-). But Throuhout your code you use lowercase headers for >> check. > It's not my code, i'm just back from a big break (4 months) an saw that this bug was > still open. >> And its not only the http server. It may be the programmer who generated >> this bad(lower case) header. Like I did :-). > for myself, i don't see any problems implementing a case insensitive location header > check. > Let's wait for a few reactions from the pear community before we decide anything, alright? One of they key for the success of the open source is to follow standars, so that could be a reason for saying "no". In the other side, integration with multiple platforms and software apps, is one reasons for saying "yes" :-). I'd say if you want to complicate your life, set a "strict" flag in your class, if not, just support as many cases as possible. -- Tomas V.V.Cox mailto:cox@idecnet.com